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ge-wéd

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Add: foolishness; dementia Eálá ungesǽligra Iúdéa bewépendlic gewéd O infelicium Iudeorum deflenda dementia, An. Ox. 40, 1. Menn unwíslíce dóð þá þe dwollíce plegað æt deádra manna líce, ... þonne hí sceoldon swýðor besárgian þone deádan and biddan for

ge-wef

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ge-wén

Grammar
ge-wén, hope.
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ge-wén

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wén, p. ge-wéde; pp. ge-wéd
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To make crooked (wóh) Depravat, i. maculat, confundit vel gewéþ flectat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 82. Ðone hió gewéde obuncabat (quem nefandis ulnarum gremiis procax obuncabat, Ald. 40, 11. Cf. obuncabat, i. reflectebat beclypte, gebígede, An. Ox. 2956), Angl

heáfod-weg

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-weg, es; m.
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A road along the head (v. heáfod, 2 a) of a field, valley, &c. (?) Of ðæn cumbe on Tetanhylle; of Tytanhylle tó ðæn heáfodwege; ondlong cumbes, C. D. V. 401, 35. Of þǽm heáfodlonde eft on þone weg ; of ðǽm wege on hlydan, ondlong hlydan on þon

hæc-wer

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Add: See Seebohm Vill. Comm. pp. 150-3

heáh-weg

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-weg, es; m.

A highway

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A highway, main road Hiis terminibus circumcincta. Ab oriente cyninges héiweg; a meritie strét tó scufelingforde . . . an cyninges stréte, C. D. ii. 66, 31-67, 2

horu-weg

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Dele the second passage, and add (?) On horweges norðende; of horweges norðende andlang weges eástweard, C. D. B. ii. 246, 11. Cf. tó horgan wege, 245, 25

hrís-weg

(n.)
Grammar
hrís-weg, es; m.
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A road made by laying down brushwood, and covering it with earth(?) On hrísweg, C. D. iii. 384, 6

Lunden-weg

(n.)
Grammar
Lunden-weg, es; m.
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The London-road Andlang ðæs mylanweges on ðone Lundenweg ; andlang ðes Lundænes weges, C. D. vi. 31, 29

lencten-wicu

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Add: Jn. 5, 1, 17 rbc. : 8, 21 rbc

mearc-weg

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Andlang mearcweges per longum limitosas vias, C. D. B. ii. 260, 31. Add

mid-weg

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Þá þá hé wæs on midwege cum in medium iter venisset. Gr. D. 314, 11. Ǽr þám þe hé tó midwege cóme before he had gone halfway, Hml. S.31, 946. Add

mód-wén

(n.)
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Substitute: <b>mód-wynn,</b> e; f. Heart's delight, treasure Þonne ic forð áscúfan sceal þæt freán mínes módwyn freoðað middel-nihtum when I (a key) push forth what protects my lord's treasure at midnight, i. e. the bolt of the lock, Rä.

mylen-wer

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Add: [v. N. E. D. mill-weir.]

neáh-west

Grammar
neáh-west, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Anastasius wæs geþeóded tó Nonnoso, sé wæs práfost on ðám mynstre þe geseted is in þám munte Soracte, and hé him þeódde tó fore þǽre stówe neáwiste (propinquitate loci), Gr. D. 48, 26. Binnan ánes geáres fyrste næs gemét hǽðengild geond hundteóntig

or-weg

(adj.)
Grammar
or-weg, adj.
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Difficult of access Horweg stíg, horuueg stiig deuia callus (-is), Txts. 57, 651: Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 25. Orweg stíg, 139, 57

ó-web

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Seolcen áb tramasericum, wyllen áb linostema, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 4, 8. See á-web. Add

wác-lic

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Add: poor with regard to physical properties Hé wæs swíðe wáclic on his gewǽdum erat valde vilis in vestibus, Gr. D. 34, I. with regard to mental or spiritual properties Ic sylf, án wáclic man ( homuncio ), Gr. D. 7, 22.

wæter-weg

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Of ðám éwylme andlang weterweges úp tó stréte, C. D. v. 207, 29. Add