were-wulf
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A wer-wolf, a fiend Ðæt se wódfreca werewolf tó swýðe ne slíte, ne tó fela ábíte of godcundre heorde, L. C. E. 26; Th. i. 374, 30 : L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 30 : Wulfst. 191, 16
Linked entry: wulf
wel-fremness
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A benefit Uelfremnisum beneficiis, Rtl. 58, 31. Uelfremnisse beneficia, 39, 19. Uoelfremnisse, 73, 3: 77, 41
wel-gecwéme
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glosses beneplacitus, Ps. Spl. 118, 108: 146, 12
wel-gecwémness
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Well-pleasingness, good pleasure Inwelgccuoemnise ( beneplacito ) áncendes bearnes ðínes, Rtl. 174, 33: 173, 25
Linked entry: ge-cwémnes
wel-gelícod
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glosses beneplacitum In welgelícodum heara in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Surt. 140, 5
Linked entry: ge-lícian
wel-gelícwirþe
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glosses beneplacitus, V. Ps. 118, 108
wel-gelícwirþniss
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glosses beneplacitum, V. Ps. 140, 7
wel-geþungen
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Of great excellence Welgeþungene witan, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 316, 23
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wel-hwilc
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Every Hit ( reason ) nǽnig hafaþ neát . . . hæfð ða wilnunga welhwilc néten, Met. 20, 191. Hine gearwe geman witena welhwylc, Beo. Th. 537; B. 266. Welhwylc gecwæð ðæt hé fram Sigemunde secgan hýrde, 1753; B. 874. Se ðe eów welhwylcra wilna dohte, 2692
wel-libbende
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Of good life, living aright Ðæt mynster hé gelógode mid wellybbendum mannum, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 16. Ongeán ða gódan and ða wellibbendan bene viventibus, Past. 17; Swt. 107, 14
wel-stincende
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Fragrant, sweet-smelling Wyrta swíðe welstincenda olera bene olentia, Past. 57; Swt. 439, 33
wen-sealf
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A salve for wens Wensealf, Lchdm. ii. 128, 13, 19. Ðás wyrta sceolon tó wensealfe, i. 382, 15 : ii. 128, 6:12, 19
wen-spring
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A mole Wensprynga nevorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 50
wed-bróðer
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One who is pledged to act as a brother to another, a confederate Ða luuede Wulfere hit swíðe for his bróðer luuen Peada, and for his wedbróðeres luueu Oswí, Chr. 656 ; Erl. 30, 1. Cóman bégen ða cyningas tógædre and wurdon feólagan and wedbróðra, and
wed-fæstan
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To pledge [ Geuuetfaestae subarrata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 52.]
weg-férend
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A wayfarer, a traveller Se nacoda wegférend vacuus viator, Bt. 14, 3; Fox 46, 29. Stunt wegférend stultus viator, Scint. 187, 6. Wíferend viator, Kent. Gl. 137. v. next word
weg-gelǽte
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A place where roads meet Weggelǽte compitalia, Hpt. Gl. 515, 27. Æt ðære wegegelǽton, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 297, 29. Wegelǽton trivium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 58. Weggelǽta compita, 37, 45
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weg-gesíþa
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A companion or attendant on the road Wæg*-*gesíðan satellites, Hpt. Gl. 426, 68