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þun-wang

(n.)
Grammar
þun-wang, e; -wange, -wenge, an; f. (and n.? Wange, wenge are both found neuter, though also the plurals wangas, wangan occur)

A temple

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Þunwencge (-wenge, -wange) timpus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Zup. 59, 5: 298, 2. Gif ic on þunwange gereste si dedero requiem temporibus meis, Ps. Th. 131, 4. Bufan his þunwengan supra tempus capitis ejus, Jud. 4, 21. Þunwonge tympora, Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 44.

Linked entry: wang

wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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A wall, mostly of a building Wáh paries, Wrt. Voc. i. 81, 8: 290, 7: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 26;Zup. 52, 12. Ǽlces húses wáh biþ fæst ǽgþer ge on ðære flóre ge on ðæm hrófe, Bt. 36, 7;Fox 184, 12. Him ne wiðstent nán ðing, náðer ne stǽnen weall ne brýden wáh( a

Linked entries: wǽg wáh

wápe

(n.)
Grammar
wápe, (-a? m.); an; f.
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A cloth, rubber (?cf. wípian) Gif ðú sceát habban wille oððe wápan, ðonne sete ðú díne twá handa ofer ðínum bearme and tóbrǽd hí swilce sceát ástrecce, Techm. ii. 122, 23

wáse

(n.)
Grammar
wáse, an; f.
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Ooze, mud, slime Wáse caenum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 2: 13. 35. Cenum, i. luti vorago, vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, 130, 75. Wásan ceni (squallentis ceni contagia, Ald. 49), 82, 63: 18, 39. ¶ the word occurs in several charters dealing with

wacu

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Add: cf. wæce

wæd

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Dele mearc-, seolh- at end

wǽd

Grammar
wǽd, <b>; I.</b>I.
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Add Wǽda indumentarum, An. Ox. 8, 314. add: v. ge-wǽde;

wǽg

Grammar
wǽg, weight.
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Add Ælc man þe riht démeð, hé hæfð wǽga on handa, and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 6

wǽt

Grammar
wǽt, <b>; II.</b>
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Wǽt land irriguum, Gr. D. 245, 20. Add

wǽta

Grammar
wǽta, wǽte;
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Add Gif hié cumað of biterum and yfelum wǽtum, Lch. ii. 178, 13. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Sume men of hiora scome þá wǽtan for þǽm nýde þigdon vidimus plerosque pudore amisso suam urinam uexatos ultimis necessitafibus haurientes, Nar. 9, 22

wamb

Grammar
wamb, I.
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Wé þis ne róhton; ac wé lufedon micle swíðor úra wamba fylnesse, Verc. Först. 123, 14. Add

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

wacan

(n.)

a watch

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a watch

waad

Similar entry: wád

waar

Linked entry: sǽ-wár

wǽg

(n.)

a wall

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a wall

Linked entries: wág wég

wæm

Grammar
wæm, wæmm.

Similar entry: wemm

wǽnan

Similar entry: wénan

walca

Similar entry: wealca

wald-

(prefix)

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