wer
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Qui ergo dimittit aquam, caput est jurgiorum, Past. 38; Swt. 279, 16. often the wer is connected with fishing, and the word seems sometimes to be used of the water that is kept in by the dam Captura (captura locus piscosus, ubi capiuntur pisces, Migne
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Ðonne hé ðíne wísan word gehealde, 118, 9. Grammar wís, in a bad sense, cunning Wille gé wesan prættige? Wé nellaþ swá wesan wíse, Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 1.
wer
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Woer (wer, W. S., Rush.), 9, 38. Of ðæs weres ( viri) handa ic ofgange ðæs mannes (hominis ) líf, Gen. 9, 5. On weres háde, Elen. Kmbl. 144; El. 72: Apstls. Kmbl. 53; Ap. 27. Ðæs weres tíd sc̃i Symforiani, Shrn. 119, 17.
Linked entry: wíf
wóh-dǽd
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Hé forhogade ꝥ hé ǽnig gemet sette his wóh-dǽdum modum suis pravitatibus ponere contemsit, Gr. D. 341, 4. Add
wíd
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Th. i. 542, 29. fig. not confined within narrow limits, of far-reaching power Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra ðonne befæð-man mæge eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor, Cd.
wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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Wídgongel wíf word gespringeþ, Exon. Th. 337, 15 ; Gn. Ex. 65. Wæs sum wíf, seó (ðæt wíf ðió mulier quae, Lind.) hæfde untrumnesse gást, Lk. Skt. 13, 11. Wæs sóna gearu wíf, swá hire weoruda helm beboden hæfde, Elen. Kmbl. 445 ; El. 223.
Linked entry: BRÝD
wit
right mind ⬩ wits ⬩ wit ⬩ intelligence ⬩ understanding ⬩ the mind
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right mind, wits Wóde hé gehǽlde, and on witte gebróhte, Homl. Skt. i. 15, 7. wit, intelligence, understanding Ðæs ðú scealt werhðo dreógan, þeáh ðín wit duge, Beo.
wód-seóc
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Insane, mad, lunatic Þá wæs gelǽded se wód-seóca (wédend-, v.l.) man (cf. mid deófle geswenced, gedreht mid deófolseocnysse, 134, 24) tó Benedicte, Gr. D. 135, l
wár
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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
wit
We two
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We two, I and thou, alone Ðæt hí sýn án swá wyt sýn án, Jn. Skt. 17, 22. Abram cwæð tó Lothe: 'Wyt sind gebróðru,' Gen. 13, 8. Wit, Cd. Th. 114, 14; Gen. 1904. Geþenc hwæt wit sprǽcon, Beo. Th. 2957; B. 1476: Exon. Th. 172, 18; Gú. 1145. Wit baru standaþ
-wit
wlóh
A hem ⬩ fringe
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A hem, fringe Næs him gewemmed wlite, ne wlóh of hrægle álýsed, ne loc of heáfde, Andr. Kmbl. 2941 ; An. 1473. Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite, næs hyre wlóh ne hrægl, ne feax ne tel, fýre gemǽled, Exon. Th. 277, 34; Jul. 590. Wlóh wédes his fimbriam
wác
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Þá man talað wáce þe woldon for Godes ege georne riht lufian, Wlfst. 243, II. <b>II a.</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38. Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum
wág
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Dele grund-, at end
wár
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Add Wárum algis, An. Ox. 23, 13. see note at An. Ox. 1818 on the forms and meaning of the instances given from Hpt. Gl
weg
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add: means of access Ðý lǽs sió úpáhæfenes him weorðe tó wege micelre scylde ne elatio via fiat ad foveam gravioris culpae, Past. 439, ii. add: [weg seems contrasted with pæþ, and with here-strǽt, -pæþ Of þám wege út æt norðgæte, on þone smalan pæþ
-wén
weód
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Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . weód wyrtwalian, Angl. ix. 262, 21. Add
weor
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Dele, and see weorc ; VII