fæsten-wicu
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A week of fasting, a week in Lent On þám drihtenlican dæge þǽre forman fæstenwucan on the Sunday of the first week in Lent, Hml. S. 23 b, 111
gearo-wita
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Swilce sió smeáung and sió gesceádwísnes is tó metanne wiþ þone gearowitan uti est ad intellectum ratiocinatio, Bt. F. 224, 4. Add
ge-wilc
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The rolling of waves Gewylc ýþa sǽs þú líðgast motum fluctuum maris tu mitigas, Ps. Rdr. Spl. 88, 10
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ge-wite
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departure
gylt-wíte
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Fine for a crime: — Poenam delicti quae Anglice dicitur giltwíte, C. D. ii. 406, 23. Gyltwíte, vi. 240, 35
híred-wist
familiarity
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A being, as it were, of a family, familiarity Geornfullnyss híredwiste gearwað assiduitas familiaritatem parat, Scint. 203, 12. Substitute:
helle-wíte
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Wé gebyrian sceolon oððe heofonwarena cyninge oððe hellewítes deóflum, Wlfst. 151, 20. Hellewíte tartari tormento, An. Ox. 2218. Hellewite tartara, 1249. Hé underféng hellewíte eum ultrix gehenna suscepit, Past 339, 3. Drifað ðá deófla Þá synfullan sáwla
heng-wíte
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hús-wist
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hring-will
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A circular well or spring. Cf. hring; On hringwylle; of hringwylle, C. D. iii. 449, 10: 450, 9
in-wise
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in-wíse
leás-wiht
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A false creature, seducer, pander Lócade leáswiht (leás wiht ? Satan ) geond þæt láþe scræf, Sal. 727. Leásuhta bepǽcunge lenonum lenocinio An. Ox. 4014. (?)
lencten-wicu
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Add: Jn. 5, 1, 17 rbc. : 8, 21 rbc
mǽg-wine
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Add:: The word occurs as a proper name Méguini, Txts. 159, 186, 202 : 161, 293. Iuxta terminos id est bereueg et Méguines paeð, C. D. i. 50, 14. Méguuines paeð, 54, 30
mund-wist
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Protection, guardianship Ðá ænglas him andsweredon, 'Ac syó hige ( the soul ) ánumen of úre mundwiste, for ðan ðe mid fúlnesse hyó wæs in gangende,' Nap. 46
nán-wiht
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Þæt hé þé nánwiht (náwiht, nóht, v.l.) láðes ne dó ut nec tibi aliquid mali faciat, Bd. 2, 12 ; Sch. 156, 23. Nát ic nánwiht betere þonne þú ðé gebidde, Solil. H. 4, 14. Nǽniht nullam, Lk. L. 23, 14. Add
ofer-wist
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Monige welige menn lǽtað cuelan hungre Crístes ðearfan, and fédað yfle gliigmen mid oferwiste nonnulli divites, cum fame crucientur Christi pauperes, effusis largitatibus nutriunt histriones, Past. 327, 7. Add