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weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.
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For hwon wást ðú weán, gesyhst sorge, 54, 12; Gen. 876. Gedígan weán and wræcsíð, Beo. Th. 4573; B. 2292. Gesamna ús of wídwegum, ðǽr weán dreógaþ, Ps. Th. 105, 36: Cd. Th. 276, 7; Sat. 185. Hé for wlenco weán áhsode, Beo.

Linked entries: weó wáwa

wén

(n.)
Grammar
wén, e; f.
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Is leódum wén orleghwíle, 5813; B. 2910: Exon. Th. 384, 16; Rä. 4, 28. Mé ðæs wén nǽfre forbirsteþ, ðe ic gefeán hæbbe, 236, 1; Ph. 567. Him wæs béga wén, Beo. Th. 3751; B. 1873. Weán on wénum in expectation of misery, Cd.

wén

(n.)
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add: estimation Nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ( de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione), Gr. D. 331, 28.

weg lá

(int.)
Grammar
weg lá, (wei, wí) ;
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interjection Weg lá, weg lá euge, euge. Ps. Th. 69, 4. Wegweg ł wá lá wá ł eálá, eálá euge, euge, Ps. Lamb. 39, 16. Wí lá wei (weiwei, Cote. MS. ), Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 170, 12. [Cf. Ital. via.]

weg

(n.)
Grammar
weg, (wig, Kent. Gl. 207: 475: 772; pl., weogas, 21), es; m.
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Heó forðférde be Róme wege ( in itinere Rome ), 888; Erl. 87, note 10. Mid ðý ðe ðæt mín werod gestilled wæs, ða férdon forð ðý wege ðe ǽr ongunnon quae res qmim anime quietiorem fecisset exercitum, ceptum iterum institui, Nar. 8, 18: 17, 5.

weor

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bad

werp

Similar entry: wirp

wex

Similar entry: weax

wír

(n.)
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myrtle Uuír, uuýr myrtus, Txts. 79, 1356. Wír, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 51: ii. 55, 83. Ele on ðam ðe wǽre wír gesoden, Lchdm. ii. 70, 15. Genim wír, 86, 7

Linked entry: ge-wíred

-werd

(suffix)

Similar entry: línen-werd

weó

(n.)
Grammar
weó, ón (?); f.
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Woe, misery Daroþas wǽron weó (weá ?) ðære wihte, Exon. Th. 438, 9; Rä. 57, 5

wær

(n.)
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the sea ðissa leóda land gesóhton wære bewrecene, Andr. Kmbl. 537; An. 269. Hú ðú wǽgflotan, wære bestémdan, sǽhengeste, sund wísige, 974; An. 487. [Icel. wer; n. (poet.) the sea.]

wæl-weg

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-weg, (=hwæl-weg or wǽl-weg)
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the sea Hweteþ on wælweg ofer holma gelagu, Exon. Th. 309, 26; Seef. 63

wel

(adv.; int.)
Grammar
wel, well.
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Wel lá (cf. eálá, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 10), ðú éca sceppend ára monna cynne O! jam respice teras, Met. 4, 29. Wel lá, monna bearn, 21, 1. Wel lá, men, wel, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 23. Wel gá heia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 30. Weol gá, weol gá euge, euge, Ps.

weg

Grammar
weg, <b>. Ia.</b>
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syl-, well-, wíc-weg

wár

(n.)
Grammar
wár, I. sea-weed, waur (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, in which other forms are given, ware, woare, woore, ore : see also Jamieson&#39;s Dict.
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ware) Waar, uaar, uár alga, Txts. 39, 120. Wár. Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 46: i. 285, 12. sand, strand. Cf. sondhyllas alga, Txts. 39, 125 Streámas weorpaþ on stealc hleoþa stáne and sande, wáre ( or under I ?) and wǽge, Exon. Th. 382, 8; Rä. 3, 8. Wára sablonum

Linked entries: waar wároþ

wǽr

(n.)
Grammar
wǽr, e; f.
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sceolon ús geearnian ða siblecan wǽra Godes and manna, Blickl. Homl. 111, 3

Linked entry: ge-wǽred

weó

(n.)
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the upper part of the throat Tunge lingua, weó faus, múðes hróf palatum, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 57. Cf. (?) weohlan

Linked entry: weohlan

weor

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Dele, and see weorc ; VII

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.
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Ús is micel þearf, ðæt wære beón ðæs egeslícan tíman, ðe nú tówærd is, Wulfst. 191, 25. with preposition Wes ðú giedda wís, wær wið willan, Exon. Th. 302, 26; Fä. 42.