á-wiht
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Þára mínra áwiht feala on gewrit settan, Ll. Th. i. 58, 21. Add
feoh-wíce
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Is ðis ðára feohwícuna gemǽre and ðæs dúnlandes, C.D. v. 238, 35. (?)
ed-wist
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Críst is on twám edwistum, on Godcundnysse and on menniscnyise, Hml. Th. ii. 292, 15. Add
byrn-wíga
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and add Þá torras . . . þe ðá byrnwigon on stódan turres cum armatis iactatoribus, Nar. 4, 18
sǽ-wiht
A sea-animal
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A sea-animal Ðeós eorþe is Berende missenlícra fugela and sǽwihta this land is productive of divers fowls and sea-animals (the Latin has insula ... avium ferax terra marique diversi generis), Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 15
sam-wist
A living together, cohabitation, matrimony
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A living together, cohabitation, matrimony Samwist jugalitas, Hpt. Gl. 438, 63. Samwiste matrimonii, 481, 36: copulae, connubii, 485, 57: copulae, 508, 75. Samwiste contubernium, 511, 76. Ne ceara ðú (Hagar ) fleáme dǽlan somwist incre, Cd. Th. 137,
sár-wilm
A painful burning; a feverish heat
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A painful burning; a feverish heat Soden sárwylmum (cf. ádle gebysgad, sárum geswenced,170, 10-11), Exon. Th. 171, 7; Gú. 1123
scearn-wifel
A dung-beetle
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A dung-beetle Scearnwifel (-fifel, MS.) scarabeus, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 69. Halliwell gives sharn-bug, a cockchafer, as a Sussex word. Cf. Ssarnboddes (beetles) þet louieþ þet dong, Ayenb. 61, 32
Linked entries: scearn-fifel scearn-wibba tord-wifel
un-wita
A foolish, stupid, witless person ⬩ a fool
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A foolish, stupid, witless person, a fool Se unwita insipiens, Ps. Lamb. 13, 1. Eorp unwita, Exon. Th. 433, 21; Rä. 50, 11. Gebíg fram unwitan (insensato) and ðú ná wiþerast on stuntnysse his, Scint. 188, 11. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó sinoðe gefædne
wæter-will
A spring of water
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A spring of water Ðæt man weorðige wæterwyllas oþþe stánas, L. C. S. 5;Th. i. 378, 20
gador-wist
Similar entry: gader-wist
gúþ-wíga
A warrior
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A warrior, Beo. Th. 4230; B. 2112
heals-wiða
A necklace
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A necklace Me healswiðan hláford sealde my lord has given me a chain for my neck, Exon. 102 b; Th. 387, 12; Rä. 5, 4
gange-wifre
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Add: Gongeweafre aranεa, Ps. Srt. 89, 9. Gonge-weafran. 38, 12
híréd-wist
Familiaritas
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Familiaritas, Lye
tír-wine
A glorious friend, ⬩ an epithet of the follower of a successful chief
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A glorious friend, an epithet of the follower of a successful chief Se hláford biþ tó upáhæfen inne on móde for ðæm anwalde ðe him ánra gehwilc his tírwina tó fultemaþ, Met. 25, 21
tord-wifel
A dung-beetle ⬩ scarabaeus stercorarius
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A dung-beetle; scarabaeus stercorarius Ðǽr ðú geseó tordwifel on eorþan up weorpan, ymbfó hine mid twám handum mid his geweorpe, Lchdm. ii. 318, 15
frum-wilm
the first inflammation of disease ⬩ the first fervour of feeling
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the first inflammation of disease Æfter ádle welme onweg gewitenre . . . þonne of þám frumwelme . . ., Lch. ii. 82, 3. the first fervour of feeling, c. On þám frumwylme heora gecyrrednesse, R. Ben. 135, 5
full-wiht
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Take here and add: Grammar full-wiht, The word is masc. and fem. as well as neut. Grammar full-wiht, masc. Sió hreówsung scolde bión ǽr ðǽm fulwihte. Se fullwuht ðone mon geclǽnsað, Past. 427, 6. Þurh þæne fulluht, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 22, 36. Grammar full-wiht
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seonu-wind
an artery
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an artery Sinewind arteriae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 29. [Cf. (?) O. H. Ger. sen-ádra arteria, nervus.]
Linked entry: sine-wind