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ge-leóf

Grammar
ge-leóf, weak.

Similar entry: ge-léf

ge-wosa

Grammar
ge-wosa, ge-wesa.
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Dele -wesa, and for 32, 32; 74, 35 substitute: Ꝥte ðæs giwosa ué lifiga ut illius conversatione vivamus, 32, 32. Ꝥte ðá wé worðiga giuossa' ( = giuossana?)

wergum

(n.)
Grammar
wergum, Cd. Th. 267, 22; Sat. 42, v. wearh; m.
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weder-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
weder-dæg, es; m. A day of fine weather, a fine day. v. weder, <b>Ia</b>
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Beorht sumor, wearme wederdagas, Exon. Th. 191, 30; Az. 96

westmest

(adj.)
Grammar
westmest, v. west; adj.

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ge-rignan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rignan, ge-rínan to rain on, wet with rain: — Bið geríned
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conpluitur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 30

Linked entry: ge-rínan

sol

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
sol, es; n.: solu, we, e; f.
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Mire or a miry place [Halliwell gives soul, sole=a dirty pond, as a Kentish word] Sol volutabrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 22. On grǽgsole burnan; andlang burnan on grǽgsole hagan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 336, 24. Wið Heortsolwe, iii. 391, 32. Of ðam wylle on ðæt

cyrce weard

(n.)

a warden ofthe church ⬩ sacristan

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a warden ofthe church sacristan, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 33

weder-wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
weder-wolcen, es; n. A fine weather cloud. v. weder, <b>I a.</b> weder*-*dæg, -tácen
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Hæfcle wederwolcen (the pillar of cloud) eorðan and uprodor efne gedǽled, Cd. Th. 182, 13; Exod. 75

westemest

(adj.)
Grammar
westemest, v. west; adj.

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eád-wéla

Grammar
eád-wéla, l. -wela,
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here-pæþ

(n.)
Grammar
here-pæþ, e; f. (?) [Herepæþ seems distinct from strǽt and from weg:
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Tó herepade;swá west on herepaðe anlang hrygges; ðæt of herepaðe on rúgan díc . . . ; ðonne forð ofer herepað, C. D. iii. 403, 15-17: 416, I. Andlang weges oð ðæt hit cumð tó ðám herpaðe; ðonne ofer ðone herpað, 414, 23.

Linked entry: her-pæþ

basu

(adj.)
Grammar
basu, g. m. n. -wes; f. -re: pl. nom. m. f. n. -we: def. m. se baswa; adj.

Purple ⬩ crimson ⬩ purpureus ⬩ phœ́niceus, ⬩ coccineus

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Purple, crimson; purpureus, phœ́niceus, coccineus Sum brún, sum basu part brown, part purple, Exon. 60a; Th. 218, 17; Ph. 296. Baswe bócstafas crimson characters, Cd. 210; Th. 261, 10; Dan. 724. Basu hǽwen of purple colour or hue, of scarlet or crimson

Linked entries: baso basuian beosu

wudu-weaxe

(n.)
Grammar
wudu-weaxe, an: -weax, es; n.

Wood waxen ⬩ wood wex

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Nim gearwan and wuduweax (cf. weax, iii. 24, 4) and hrefnes fót, ii. 324, 25

bóc-léden

(n.)
Grammar
bóc-léden, book-language, and as most books were written in Latin, hence
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Latin, Chr. Erl. 3, 3

weorod

(adj.)
Grammar
weorod, werod (-ed); adj.
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Sweet Werod (word, v.l. late) dulcis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28 ; Zup. 54, 5. Wæter . . . werod on swæcce, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 4. Hwæðer hit bið ðe wered ðe biter ðe wé ðicgaþ, 372, 29: Ex. 15, 25. Weredre mulsae, Hpt. Gl. 413, 40.

ymb-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-weorpan, p. -wearp
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To throw round, surround þurh lyftgelác léges blǽstas weallas ymbwurpon, Andr. Kmbl. 3104; An. 1555

ge-sícan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sícan, to wean.
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Substitute: <b>ge-sican;</b> p. -sícte, -síhte ; pp. -síced To cause to suck, suckle Eádige sind ðá breóst þe swylce gesíhton (cf. ubera quae lactauerunt, Lk. 23, 29) Hml. Th. i. 84, 16. Gesíced that has been suckled, weaned; ablactatus,

ge-weddian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-weddian, to weed.
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Dele

geat-weard

(n.)
Grammar
geat-weard, es; m.

A gate-ward ⬩ door-keeper ⬩ porter ⬩ ostiārius

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Geat-weard januārius, Wrt. Voc. 81, 16

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