wiþ-grípan
To seize on
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To seize on Gif ic wiste hú wið ðam áglǽcan elles meahte gripe wiðgrípan, swá ic wið Grendle dyde, Beo. Th. 5035; B. 2521
Linked entry: wiþ-fón
wípian
To wipe
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Lege on hunig ðreó niht, nim þonne and wípa ðæt hunig of, Lchdm. iii. 4, 20
deórwyrþ-lic
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Precious, costly Hi him deórwurðlice anlícnyssa árǽrdon, Hml. Th. i. 366, 21. Mid þínum deórwyrðlicostan blóde praetioso sanguine, Hymn. ad Mat. 20
wiþ-scúfan
To push back ⬩ away ⬩ repel ⬩ drive away ⬩ refute ⬩ repellere ⬩ expellere ⬩ praecipitare
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Gif hwylc monn his ágen wíf wiþscúfe (expulerit), 4, 5; S. 573, 17. Hwí willaþ gé wiþscúfan (repellere) ðone ðe gé ǽr onféngon, 3, 19; S. 549, 4.
-tigþe
wíte-hús
A house of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ prison ⬩ an amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyred ⬩ hell
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On wráþra wíc . . . on wítehús, Exon. Th. 94, 7 ; Cri. 1536
Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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Seó gerǽdnys ðe Cnut cyningc gerǽdde on Wintanceastre (Win-, v. l.), L. C. E. proem. ; Th. i. 358, 7. Cénwalh hét átimbran ða ciricean on Wintunceastre (Wintan-,v. l.), Chr. 643 ; Erl. 26, 9. Hér Danihel gesæt on Wintanceastre, 744; Erl. 48, 1.
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wita
one who knows ⬩ a person of understanding or learning ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one able to give counsel ⬩ a counsellor ⬩ one able to give counsel in affairs of state ⬩ one who takes part in the councils of a nation ⬩ a leading man ⬩ an elder ⬩ a chief person ⬩ senior ⬩ one who has knowledge ⬩ a witness ⬩ a wise man ⬩ one professing supernatural knowledge
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one who knows, a person of understanding or learning, a wise man Wita (-e, MS.) sophista, Wrt. Voc. i. 47, 41. Fród wita, snottor ár, beorn bóca gleáw, Exon. Th. 313, 16; Mód. 1. Se ðe wita (sapiens ) is, mid feáum wordum geswytelaþ, R.
wine-scipe
Friendship
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Lǽst wǽre and winescype, word ða wit sprǽcon, Exon. Th. 172, 17; Gú. 1145
wine-treów
Faith between friends
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Faith between friends (between husband and wife; cf. wine 3.) Ðæt hé (the man) ða wǽre and ða winetreówe be him lifgendum lǽstan wolde, ðe git on ǽrdagum oft gesprǽcon, Exon. Th. 475, 20; Bo. 50
wiþ-spurnan
To dash against
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To dash against Ðý læs ðú wiðspurne wið stáne fót ðínne ne forte offendas ad lapidem pedem tuam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 4, 6
wiþ-cweþan
to reply ⬩ to gainsay ⬩ contradict ⬩ maintain an opposite opinion ⬩ to contradict ⬩ oppose ⬩ resist ⬩ to refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ not to allow
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Grammar wiþ-cweþan, with dat. of person and gen. of thing refused Gif inc hwá ðæs wiþcweþe, Blickl. Homl. 71, 1
wudu-winde
Woodbine
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Woodbine Uuduuuinde, wi[d]windae volvola, Txts. 107, 2158. Uuduuuinde, uuiduuuindae viburna, 2129. Uudu-winde, uuidouuindae edera, 59, 717. Wuduwinde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 2 : vivorna, i. 286, I
-sum
wiþo-winde
Withy-wind ⬩ with-wind ⬩ convolvulus
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Withy-wind, with-wind (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names), convolvulus Wiþewinde involuco, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 2. Wiðwinde viticella, i. 33, 13. Genim wiþowindan twigu, Lchdm. ii. 34, 17. Wiþowindan leáf, 52, 6. Wiþewindan, 122, 18
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myntan
to mean ⬩ intend ⬩ purpose ⬩ determine ⬩ to think ⬩ suppose
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Grammar myntan, with a case Wit sculon sécan ðæt ðæt wit ǽr mynton sed quae proposuimus intueamur, Bt. 35, 3; Fox 158, 11.
wiþ-feohtend
An adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy ⬩ a rebel
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An adversary, opponent, enemy, a rebel Hió self fieht wið hié selfe tó fultome ðæm wiðfeohtende, (adversario) Past. 38; Swt. 279, 1. Ðone mángengan and ðone wiþfeohtend rebellem et sacrilegum, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 18.
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deórwyrðlíce
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richly, sumptuously, splendidly, gloriously Ꝥ mann his godas deórwurðlíce frætewode, Hml. S. 14, 129. Hé geseah ðone rícan deórweorðlíce geglencgedne. Hml. Th. i. 330, 14. Hé geseah Drihtnes ródetácn deórwurðlíce scínan, ii. 304, 11 ; Hml. S. 27, 92.
wiþ-sprecan
To speak against ⬩ to revile
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To speak against, to revile From stefne edwétendes and wiðspreocen[des] a voce exprobrantis et obloquentis, Ps. Surt. 43, 17
wiþ-ceósan
To reject
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To reject Hé wiðceóseþ (-císt) reprobat, Blickl. Gl. Stán ðone widcurun timbrende lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, Ps. Surt. 117, 22. Wiðcurun, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 21, 42