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wórian

(v.)
Grammar
wórian, p. ode

To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond

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Hí lufiaþ ídele blisse, wóriaþ and wundriaþ, and ealne dæg fleardiaþ, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 24. Is ðæs (the whale's) híw gelíc hreófóm stáne, swylce wórie bi wædes ófre, Exon. Th. 360, 21; Wal. 9.

worms

(n.)
Grammar
worms, worsm, wurms, wursm, es; n.

Corrupt matter

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Wið ða gerynnincge ðæs worsmes (wormses, v. l. ), i. 292, 8. On ða ádle ðe mon wormse spíweþ, ii. 200,. 21 : 208, 5. Hreófeligum wormse elephantino tabo, Hpt. Gl. 490, 38.

Linked entries: worsm wurms wursm wyrms

wracnian

(v.)
Grammar
wracnian, wræcnian; p. ode

To be ⬩ travel in a foreign country ⬩ be a pilgrim ⬩ stranger

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Chanaan land, ðe hig on wracnodon and útancymene wǽrón Chanaan, terram peregrinationis eorum, in qua fuerunt advenae, Ex. 6, 4. Gif mæssepreóst manslaga wurðe. ðonne þolige hé ǽgðres, ge hádes ge eardes, and wiæcnige swá wíde swá pápa him scrífe, L.

Linked entry: wræcnian

wyn-sum

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-sum, adj.

winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous

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Wynsumere ł fægere venustae, 456, 41. Hwæt þincþ ðé on ðam welan and on ðam anwealde wynsumes quid est, quod in se pulcritudinis habeant? Bt. 27, 4; Fox 100, 20. Mid wynsume wíne, Ps. Th. 59, 3. Tó wynsumum stence in suavem odorem, Lev. 1, 9.

wyrdness

(n.)
Grammar
wyrdness, e; f.

Condition ⬩ state

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Condition, state Se godcunda foreþonc heaþeraþ ealle gesceafta ðæt hí ne móton tóslúpan of heora endebyrdnesse (wyrdnesse,v. l.), Bt. 39, 5 ; Fox 218, 32

wyrhta

(n.)
Grammar
wyrhta, an ; m.

a wright ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ labourer ⬩ one who works at some trade ⬩ a maker ⬩ producer ⬩ author ⬩ creator ⬩ fabricator ⬩ the Creator ⬩ Maker ⬩ a doer ⬩ worker

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Drihten, ælmihtiga God, wyrhta and wealdend ealra gesceafta, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 1 : L. Eth. vi. 42; Th. i. 326, 13 : L. I. P. 1; Th. ii. 304, 2 : Cd. Th. 301, 21; Sat. 585. Wuldres wyrhta, Exon. Th. 206, 21; Ph. 130.

Linked entry: werta

æþelferþing-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
æþelferþing-wyrt, e; f.
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Æðelfyrdingwyrt alfa (cf. agrimonia alpha eathelferthingwyrt ł glofvyrt, Lch. iii. 299, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 10. Nim æþelferþincgwyrte, Lch. i. 180, 26: 166, 28

æþelian

(v.)
Grammar
æþelian, un-.
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l. an-

ǽþryt

(n.)
Grammar
ǽþryt, ǽþrytt, es; n.
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weariness, disgust Ne durre wé ðás bóc gelengan, ð í lǽs ðe heó ungemetegod sý and mannum ǽðryt þurh hire micelnysse ástyrige, Hml.

æt-hwega

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Ben. l. 107, 8: 115, 15 : aliquantulum, 95, 8 : An. Ox. 638 : paulatim, Angl. xiii. 365, 9. Æthwege paulisper, An. Ox. 5390. Hit æthwego ádríg, Lch. i. 332, 26

æt-hwón

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Æthwón pene, Mt. p. l, 13. Add

ǽtrig

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽtrig, ǽttrig; adj.
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Gif hwá mid his fet ofstepð ǽttrig bán snacan oððe nǽddran, Lch. i. 152, l. Ǽttrige venenata , Hpt. Gl. 450, 38. Ǽttrigera (-ia, MS.) virulentorum , 423, 41. Stíðran leáfum and eác ǽtrigum, Lch. i. 94, 9. Fram ðám ǽttrigum synnum gehǽlede, Hml.

Linked entry: ǽttrig

á-ettan

(v.)
Grammar
á-ettan, p. te
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L. 79, 14. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ezzen depascere.]

Linked entry: ettan

æt-wítan

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Ðý lǽs him ætwite ( exprobrarent ) his geþoftan ꝥ hé for ege ðæs deáþes ðá ðing dyde, Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 23. Mé is mín ágen ætwiten swilce ic hit hæbbe forstolen, Hml. S. 23, 599

æt-wrencan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wrencan, p. te
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To cheat a person out of something, deprive by fraud Lyt monna weorð lange fægen ðæs ðe hé óðerne bewrencð (æt-wrencð, v. l.), Prov. K. 34. [Cf. æt-wrenchen to twist awny, escape , Marh. 15, 20: O. and N. 248.]

Linked entry: wrencan

ǽ-spryng

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-spryng, eá-, -sprynge; m. f. (?): -spring; n.
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Cúðberihtus án ǽspring (eá-, v. l. ) of drígre eorðan wæs gelǽdende, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 518, 2. Of éspryngum de fontibus. Ps.

ǽ-swícian

(v.)
Grammar
ǽ-swícian, l. -swician,
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Ðe lǽs wé hí ǽswicion, 512, 2

æt-déman

(v.)
Grammar
æt-déman, to give judgement adverse to a claimant (dat.)
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Ðá ætdémdon him Myrcna witan land búton hé his wer águlde, Cht. Th. 207, 32. Cf. æt-reccan

æt-feolan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-feolan, l. æt-feólan, and add: (from -feolhan); p. -fealh, pl. -fulgon, and -fǽlon (
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Ðæt gé ætfeólen ðǽre láre ut praedicalioni servias, Past. 375, 5. with idea of persistence Ðá ætfealh se gesíþ geornlíce his bénum comes obnixius precibus instans, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 12. to press, impress, lit.

æt-gædere

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Lǽt hí beón hér ætgædere geléde, Hml. S. 30, 443. Hí ne mihton ealle ætgædere gewunian, Chr. P. 3, 9. Þá hergas fóron bégen ætgædere, 894; P. 87, 10: 1014; P. 145, 18. marking simultaneous action Þe lǽs wé ætgædere ealle forweorðan, Wlfst. 166, 3.