word-leán
A reward for words (a song)
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A reward for words (a song) Oft ic wóðboran wordleána sum ágyfe æfter giedde. Exon.Th. 489, 18 ; Rä. 78, 9
word-loga
One who is false to his word
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One who is false to his word Ðæt gé ne beón wedlogan ne wordlogan, Wulfst. 40, 10
Linked entry: word-fæst
word-riht
a law expressed in the form of a command ⬩ an ordinance ⬩ a law expressed in spoken words ⬩ a spoken law ⬩ a statement of what is right ⬩ a duty which one has given his word to perform
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a law expressed in the form of a command ( Similar entries v. word, II. 6), an ordinance; or a law expressed in spoken words a spoken law Móyses dómas, wræclíco wordriht, Cd. Th. 177, 31; Exod. 3. a statement of what is right; or (?) a duty which one
word-samnere
A collector of words
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A collector of words Wotdsornnere cocologus ( = καταλογεύς?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 42
Linked entry: samnere
word-snotor
Expert in speech ⬩ eloquent ⬩ learned
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Expert in speech, eloquent, learned Óslác, gamolfeax hæleð, wís and wordsnotor, Chr. 975 ; Erl. 126, 21. Lýfing se wordsnotera biscop, 1047; Erl. 171, 28. Wordsnoteran (Homerum), Hpt. Gl. 463, 53. Wordsnotere oratores, rhetores, grammatici, 481, 72.
word-wís
Wise in speech ⬩ learned
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Wise in speech, learned Ðæs wordwísan sophisle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 39
word-wynsum
Pleasant in speech ⬩ affable ⬩ affabilis
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Pleasant in speech, affable; affabilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 37
wiþer-word
Similar entry: wiþer-weard
wuldor-word
A glorious word
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A glorious word Ðú, ealra cyninga þrym, clypast ofer ealle; bið ðín wuldorword wíde gehýred, Hy. 7, 46
beorht-word
Similar entry: byrht-word
bí-word
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Hig ǽrest ápinsiað þá naman and þá bínaman, . . . syððan hig þá word (verbs) áginnad tó áweganne mid þám bíwordum, Angl. viii. 313, 7. Dele: -wyrd, and second passage, and add: An adverb
gréting-word
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A word of greeting, a salutation Ðá stóp se encgel tó þám mǽdene and cwæð hire tó, 'Ave', ꝥ is on úrum gereorde grétingword, Archiv ci. 313. Ave and salue synd grétingword, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 209, 14
leáfnes-word
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A pass-word Ne gé leáfnesword gúðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson, B. 245
Linked entry: ge-leáfnes-word
teosu-word
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An injurious word Þá hé swíðust óðre men mid tesowordum tǽl[d]e in his renceo, þá earnode hé mé þæs écan teónan, Nap. 62. Þá hé oftost tesoword spræc in his onmédlan gealpettunga, þá earnode hé mé þára mǽstan benda, 27, 39
wealh-word
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Add: Angl. xi. 101, 42
word-predicung
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(Verbal) preaching, a sermon Þá hyrdas sceolon . . . him ætýwan rihte drohtnunge ge mid gódum bysnum ge eác mid wordpredicungum ( cum uerbo predicationis), Chrd. 66, 23
Linked entry: predicung
wealh-word
A wanton word
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A wanton word Ic eom ondetta ðæt ic onféng on mínne múð wealworda, Anglia xi. 98, 37
Linked entry: weal-word
weal-word
Similar entry: wealh-word
óleht-word
A flattering speech
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A flattering speech Hwǽr syndon ða ðe hié heredan, and him ólyhtword sprécan ?, Blickl. Homl. 99, 26
orgel-word
An arrogant, insolent speech
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An arrogant, insolent speech Ðá cwæþ se ealdorbiscop mid orgelworde, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 21