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wang

Grammar
wang, <b>. I.</b>
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Wongas ne bryngað mete arua non afferent cybum, Cant. Ab. 17. Add

wang

Grammar
wang, a cheek.
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Add: — Slóh hé þone Godes wer mid his brádre handa ofer his wange, Gr. D. 200, 15

waru

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Dele niht- at end. Add Ne synd áwritene ealle Iúdan gefeoht for his freónda ware, Hml. S. 25, 677 : 26, 147. v. in-waru, waru a weir

waar

Linked entry: sǽ-wár

wæll-

(prefix)

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wæm

Grammar
wæm, wæmm.

Similar entry: wemm

wæn

Grammar
wæn, wænn.

Similar entry: wenn

walca

Similar entry: wealca

walch

Similar entry: wealh

-wamb

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-wamb, adj.

Similar entry: þyrel-wamb

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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field, plain, land, country, place Wonge (wongc?) arvum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 51. Mec se wǽta wong wundrum freórig of his innaþe cende roscida me genuit gelido de viscere tellus (Ald.), Exon. Th. 417, 7; Rä. 36, 1. Se wong seomaþ eádig and onsund. Is ðæt

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m.: wange, wænge, wenge, an; n.
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A cheek, side of the face Ðæt wange wið ða ceócan ufan mandibula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 3. Ðæs wonges locfeax cesaries, 22, 57. Smire ðæt hále wonge mid, Lchdm. ii. 338, 9. Bind on ðæt wænge, 20, 10. Smyre ðæt wenge, 20, 18. Gif hwá ðé sleá on dín swýðre

-ware

(suffix)
Grammar
-ware, v. preceding word.

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waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.
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Ware, merchandise Mangere mercator, waru merx, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 73. Hí wurpon heora waru oforbord they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea (Jonah I, 5), Homl. Th. i. 246, 2. Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt

wácu

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(?)

wadu

(n.)
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a drag-net Wade sagenę (Mt. 13, 47), An. Ox. 61, 15. [M. H. Ger. wate sagena (v. Angl. xxx. 528). Cf. Icel. vaðr a fishingline. (?)

wǽdl

Grammar
wǽdl, <b>; I.</b> ¶
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Ic sende fýr and gewirce eów tó wǽdlan visitabo vos in egestate et ardore, Lev. 26, 16. <b>Ia.</b> add :-- Seó wǽdl þǽra andlyfna alimentorum indigentia, Gr. D. 145, 6: alimentorum inopia, 159, 7. <b>I b.</b> with gen. describing

wǽg

Grammar
wǽg, water.
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Add Wǽg limpham, An. Ox. 499. Wága gurgitum, 2487

wæl

Grammar
wæl, <b>;
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III.</b> add Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.
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Add On þeáwum wær moribus cautus. Chrd. 19, 13. Sió wiþerweardnes biþ . . . wæru . . . mid þǽre styringe hire ágenre frécennesse adversam fortunam videos ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; F. 72, 6. Se wara weard his ágenre þearfednesse

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