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wíse

Grammar
wíse, <b>. I.</b>
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</b> add :-- Þá ácsode hine Theoprobus hwæt lá seó wíse (se intinga, v.l.) wǽre swá myccles heófes quaenam causa tanti luctus existeret, inquisivit, Gr. D. 140, 19. v. beág-, in-wíse

wiga

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Se Godes stranga wiga Sanctus Paulus fortis praeliator Dei, Gr. D. 110, 14. Tó wigan campe, C. D. vi. 67, 9. Add

wítan

(v.)
Grammar
wítan, p. wát, pl. witon; pp. witen.

to see totake heed toguardkeepto lay tchargelay the blame ofimputeto godepart

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Grammar wítan, absolute Wíte imputet, Germ. 400, 560. Grammar wítan, with dat. of person Ðæt hé him ne wíte, Bt. proem.; Fox viii. 12. Grammar wítan, with dat. of person and acc. of charge Mínum ágnum scyldum ic hit wíte, Ps. Th. 21, 2.

Linked entry: ge-wítan

wist

Grammar
wist, <b>. II a.</b>
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S. 22, 126. v. beód-, híred-, mund-, samod-, unhíred-wist. Add

wirn

(n.)
Grammar
wirn, e; f.

A hindranceobstacledifficulty

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Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall . . . ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó the fire will go everywhere . . . and no one will be able to hinder it, Wulfst. 138, 7

Linked entry: wyrn

wirp

(n.)
Grammar
wirp, wierp, es; m.

A throwa blow with a missile

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A throw, a blow with a missile Ðá wearð hiere mid ánum wierpe (wyrpe, v. l.) an ribb forod, ðæt hió siþþan mægen ne hæfde hié tó gescildanne, ac raðe ðæs hió wearð ofslagen hic serpens ad unius saxi ictum cessit, ac mox facile oppressus est, Ors. 4,

Linked entries: wyrp werp

wíde

Grammar
wíde, <b>.
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</b> add Tóferdon þá apostolas wíde landes geond ealle þás world, Ll. Th. ii. 372, 6. <b>IVa.

wirp

(n.)
Grammar
wirp, e; f.

A change for the betterrecoveryimprovement

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Gé sceolon dreógan deáþ and þýstro, nǽfre gé ðæs wyrpe gebídaþ never will that lot be bettered, 140, 11; Gú. 608. Se mon ne þearf tó ðisse worulde wyrpe gehycgan man need not look to this life to mend his lot, 105, 5; Gú. 18.

wind

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See wind ; supra

widl

Grammar
widl, l. wídl,
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and add Seó hýd ásweóll swá ꝥ heó ne mihte bedýglian ꝥ weaxende wyrms and wíðl (wídl, v.l.) ui cutts intumesceret, atque increscentem saniem occultare non posset, Gr. D. 157, 10

ge-bedda

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bedda, -bedde [(?) cf. heals-gebedda, Beo. 63], an; f.

A bed fellowconsortwifeconsors tŏriuxor

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Gebed wíf uxor, Mt. Kmbl. pp. 14, 16

Linked entry: -bedda

will

(n.)
Grammar
will, a well.
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, wíþig-will

wind

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Add: Wind sclabrum ( = flabrum), Txts. 97, 1841. Windas flabra, uenti, Hpt. 31, ii. 237. Windum slabris = flabris. The word is a gloss on a passage in Bd. I. 19 : Incendium ad habitaculum . .. flabris stimulantibus ferebatur, Txts. 181, 72

wiel

Similar entry: wilh

wird

(n.)
Grammar
wird, e; f.

An offence

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An offence Gehéndon hine ða héhsacerdas on monigum ðingum ł woerdum, accusabant eum summi sacerdotes in multis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 15, 3. Similar entries v. following words

Linked entry: woerd

-wíge

(suffix)

Similar entry: or-wíge

wiht

Grammar
wiht, <b>. II</b> 2.
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Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ð hió an geworden wæs, C. D. B. ii. 46, 29. Add

-wind

(suffix)
Grammar
-wind, v. ed-wind, ge-wind.

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wine

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pay, stipend

wá-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wá-líc, adj.

Woeful, miserable

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Woeful, miserable Is ðes wálíc hám ( hell ) wítes áfylled, Cd. Th. 271, 3;Sat. 100

Linked entry: weá-líc