wer-hád
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The male sex Werhád oððe wífhad sexus, Ælfc. Gr. 11; Zup. 78, 16: Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 7: 70, 19. Werhádes man mas vel masculus, 70, 17. Ǽlc werhádes man omne masculinum . . . se werhádes man masculus, Gen. 17, 12, 24.
ge-wring
What one can wring or press out ⬩ drink ⬩ strong drink ⬩ potus ⬩ sicera ⬩ σίκερα
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What one can wring or press out, drink, strong drink; potus, sicera = σίκερα Sicera ælces cynnes [MS. kynnes] gewring bútan wíne and wætere what one can press out of every kind, except wine and water, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 120; Wrt. Voc. 27, 48
Linked entry: -wring
un-stedefulness
Instability ⬩ infestatio
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Instability; but the word glosses infestatio Aelc unstydfulnis ðæs unclǽnes gástes omnis infestatio inmundi spiritus, Rtl. 122, 24
Linked entry: stedefulness
wróht-lác
Calumny ⬩ slander
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Calumny, slander Unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óþerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan and mid wróhtlácan. Wulfst. 160, 5 note
wudu-weard
A wood-keeper ⬩ forester
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Wuduwearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19; Th. i. 440, 9
for-licgend
A fornicator
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A fornicator Ǽlc forlicgend (fornicator) oððe unclǽne, Scint. 98, 10. Gewemmend and forlicgend mechus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 58
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same
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Ǽlc hiera bið on óðres nytte swǽ sama (some, v. l. ) swǽ on his selfes, Past. 232, 5. Add
wind-filled
Wind-felled ⬩ blown down by the wind
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Wind-felled, blown down by the wind Wuduwearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19 ; Th. i. 440, 10
Linked entry: fillan
beorh
A hill ⬩ mountain ⬩ collis ⬩ mons
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A hill, mountain; collis, mons Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur Lk. Bos. 3, 5
ge-warenian
To warn ⬩ guard ⬩ cavere
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To warn, guard; cavere Ǽlc gleáw mód hit gewarenaþ every prudent mind guards itself, Bt, 7, 2; Fox 18, 24
Linked entries: ge-warnian ge-wearnian
gramfærnys
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Anger, fury Ǽlc gramfærnys cymþ of deófle omnis furor venit a diabolo, L. Ecg. P. 4, 66; Th. ii. 226, 25
níd-máge
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Oft týne oððe twelfe ǽlc æfter óðrum scendað þæs þegnes cwenan and hwílum his dohtor oððe nýdmágan, Wlfst. 162, 21. Add
hleahtor-full
Scornful, ⬩ derisive
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Scornful, derisive Geþence ǽlc ðara tǽlendra and hleahterfulra let every one that blames and derides reflect, Guthl. prol.; Gdwin. 2, 14
wiþ-licgan
To be obstructive ⬩ object ⬩ oppose
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Ða eorlas gerndon tó ðam cynge ðæt hí móston beón wurðe ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe heom of genumen wæs. Ðá wiðlæg se cyng sume hwíle, 1052; Erl. 187, 1
drincan
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ꝥ ǽlc mann drunce þæs deórwurðan wínes be þám þe hé sylf wolde, Hml, A. 92, 22
þurh-creópan
to creep through
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MS.) ǽlc þyrl], Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 2
ge-tríwe
True ⬩ faithful ⬩ fīdus ⬩ fĭdēlis
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True, faithful; fīdus, fĭdēlis Ǽlc getríwa man every true man, L. C. S. 23; Th. i. 388, 9, note 12, MS. A
Linked entry: ge-trýwe
un-gebyrde
Not natural ⬩ uncongenial
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Not natural, uncongenial Ǽlc gesceaft flíhþ ðætte him wiþerweard biþ and ungebyrde (? -byde, Fox) and ungelíc, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 23
ceorl-leás
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Sitte ǽlc wuduwe werleás twelf mónað, Ll. Th. i. 416, 3
wífung
taking a wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ wives ⬩ matrimonia
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Ðás sinoðas forbudon ǽlce wífunga ǽfre weófodþénum, L. Ælfc. P. 30; Th. ii. 374, 35. in plural, wives; matrimonia Eów preóstum þingð, ðæt eów nán sin ne sý ðæt gé mid wífungum swá libban swá lǽwede men, L. Ælfc.