weall
Fervour
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Fervour Wealle, wylm fervorem, ardorem(devotionis fervorem,Ald. 34) Hpt. Gl. 465, 37
-weorc
weorr
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Bad, grievous Ðæt wæs ðam weorode weor tó geþoligenne (cf. sár tó geþolienne, 3375 ; An. 1691), Andr. Kmbl. 3317; An. 1661
weorf
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A young ass Weorf asellus, assa asinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 45. Be ǽlces nýtenes weorðe gif hí losiaþ. Hors mon sceal gyldan mid .xxx. sciłł. . . . wilde weof mid . xii. Sciłł., oxan mid .xxx. p̃, L. O. D. 7; Th. i. 356, 4. Ungewylde weorf, nýten ł hors
weorh
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read dweorh, cf. i. 364, 13
weald
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Add Weald þeáh eówer eard ús gesceóte, Jos. 9, 7. Add Weald hú þé sǽle whatever happen to thee, An. 1357. Cf. lóca hú
weorpe
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Dele seale-weorpan
weorr
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Dele
weald
power
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power Se wæs on his wealde (gewealde, MS. L. ), Ors. 4, 11; Bos. 97, 23
weald
is found as the second part of many proper names.
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is found as the second part of many proper names. Cf. Icel. -valdr, e. g. Ás-valdr = English Ós-wald. v. for a list of such names, Txts. pp. 491-3
-wealt
weorc
Work ⬩ opus. ⬩ work ⬩ operative action ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ performance ⬩ work ⬩ doings ⬩ actions ⬩ what a person does ⬩ what happens ⬩ work ⬩ labour ⬩ occupation ⬩ employment ⬩ any form of long-sustained or habitual activity ⬩ a particular act of labour ⬩ workmanship ⬩ a work ⬩ deed ⬩ any action ⬩ of action that gives affect to anything ⬩ a work, ⬩ what is wrought ⬩ a strong building, ⬩ fortress ⬩ work, ⬩ what is done, ⬩ effect produced ⬩ pain, ⬩ travail, ⬩ grief, ⬩ the instrumental or dative is used in the phrase weorce wesan with the dative of the person — to be painful to a person
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Work; opus. work, operative action, operation Godes willa is weorc God's will is operative Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 24. Ðæt Godes weorc (uoerc, Lind.: were, Rush.) wǽre geswutelod on him Jn. Skt. 9, 3. Gesweotula þurh searocræft ðín sylfes weorc, and sona
cyrce weard
a warden ofthe church ⬩ sacristan
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a warden ofthe church sacristan, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 33
ufe-weard
upper ⬩ upper part of ⬩ upper part ⬩ later ⬩ latter part of a time
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local, upper; generally may be translated by upper part of (the noun which it qualifies); used substantively, upper part Is se hals gréne nioþoweard and ufeweard the lower and upper parts of the neck are green, Exon. Th. 218, 23; Ph. 299. Ufeweard swer
Linked entries: ofe-weard ufan-weard uf-weard
hearg-weard
A guardian of a temple,
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A guardian of a temple, Andr. Kmbl. 2249; An. 1126
Linked entry: hearch