wír
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Hæleð gierede mec ( a book ) mid golde, for ðon mé glíwedon wrǽtlíc weorc smiþa wíre bifongen, 408, 19; Rä. 27, 14. Wíre geweorþad, 484, 9; Rä. 70, 5.
wær
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Se wara weard his ágenre þearfednesse ille sollicitus suae paupertatis custos. Gr. D. 201, 11
wǽr
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True Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, bróht from his bysene, ðæs mé ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum, Cd. Th. 42, 31; Gen. 681. [The word, found here only, if at all, occurs in that part of the Genesis, which seems to show Old Saxon influence, and the phrase
-wéd
wég
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a wave
wél
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a pool
wár
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Add Wárum algis, An. Ox. 23, 13. see note at An. Ox. 1818 on the forms and meaning of the instances given from Hpt. Gl
áþ-wed
A pledge on oath ⬩ a solemn pledge ⬩ sacramentum
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A pledge on oath, a solemn pledge; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 119; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56
Linked entry: áþ-gehát
wei lá wei
Similar entry: weg
a-web
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and add Áwebb subtegmen, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 22. Áweb subtimen, 282, 5
wé
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We. used of more than one person, dual Ic and ðæt cild gáð unc tó gebiddenne and wé syððan cumaþ eft tó eów, Gen. 22, 5. Wé willaþ ðæt ðú ús dó swá hwæt swá wé biddaþ (cf. wyt magon, v. 39), Mk. Skt. 10, 35. plural Hwí fæste wé (woe, Lind.)? Mt.
Linked entry: ús
wearg
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Se werga, 268, 8; Jul. 429. Sió werge sceolu ( the fallen angels ), Elen. Kmbl. 1523; El. 763. Se weriga gást serpens, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 14: malignus spiritus, 497, 19, 26. Se weria feónd hostis malignus, 3, 19; S. 549, 4. Hafaþ werges bleó, Exon.
Iringes weg
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Substitute: Íringes weg the milky way [Mirari tamen non possumus in tantum famam praevaluisse ut Iringi nomine, quem ita vocitant, lacteus coeli circulus usque in praesens sit notatus, Grm. D. M. (trans.) 358 q. v.] Íringes (Iuuaringes, Erf.
ge-wén
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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
bǽde-wég
A cup ⬩ poculum
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A cup; poculum Heó scencte bittor bǽde-wég she poured out the bitter cup, Exon. 47a; Th. 161, 13; Gú. 958