wibba
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A worm or beetle Se glisigenda wibba the glow-worm; cicindela, Wrt. Voc. i. 23, 77
wícing-sceaþe
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Piracy Wícincsceaðan (the Erfurt Glossary has uuícingsceadae) piraticam, Txts. 87, 1579
weorold-gewuna
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The custom of the world Hé ásmeáde ðæt godcunde be woruldgewunan he considered the religious question from a secular standpoint, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 15
weorold-hlísa
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Worldly fame, earthly renown Habbon hí ðone woruldhlísan ðe hí sóhton, ná ða écan méde ðe hí ne róhton, Homl. Th. ii. 566, 6
cwice
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Add: cwice, es; m. Quiquae, quicae, quice gramen, Txts. 66, 464. Cwice, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 64. Quicae, cuique virecta, Txts. 106, 1088. Cwice gramis birecta, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 75. Cwicas gramina, Hpt. Gl. 433, 30: frutecta, i. arbusta, An. Ox. 2, 28
cyninge
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A queen Æfter þǽre bysne þǽre hálgan Godes cyningan, Bl. H. 13, 1
deópe
dirn-maga
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One who presides at mysteries Dyrnmaga mysteriarches, Germ. 397, 350
dwola
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one who errs, a person without understanding Líf dwolan uita uecordis (cf. gedwolenum uecordi, Kent. Gl. 308), Scint. 223, 3. a heretic, schismatic Dwola hereticus, An. Ox. 27, 14. Dwolan scismatici, 2854
efen-heáfda
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A fellow, comrade Ꝥá wæs óðer man, þæs mannes efenheáfda ( unus de conservis suis, Mt. 18, 28), þætte him sceolde án hund peninga . . . hé náne líðe þám his efenheáfdan gedón nolde, Nap. 19
egle
ge-hæcca
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A sausage Gehæcca farcimen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 77
Linked entry: -hæcca
ge-leáfa
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Leave Be þes cynges gelǽfan (leáfe, lǽfe, v. ll. ), Chr. 1043; P. 165, 10
genge
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A privy, drain; latrina Genge latrina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 15: 52, 15: 71, 8. Gengan latrine (ilia Arii in latrinae cuniculum defluxerant, Ald. 39, 7), 80, 65. Gengena latrinarum (spurca purgamenta, Ald. 54, 30), 84, 9: 52, 39. Cf. gang; XII
ge-swegra
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A cousin: — Geswegran consobrini, i. ex sorore et fratre vel ex duabus sororibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 18
Linked entry: ge-sweór
gebyrd-tíma
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Time of birth Of þám heregange tó Crístes gebyrdtíman, Wlfst. 312, 2. v. preceding word
gearn-winde
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Gearnuuinde reponile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 12. Gernwinde conductum, 16, 33. Hé sceal habban fela towtóla spinle, reól, gearnwindan, Angl. ix. 263, 11. Add
god-bót
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god-bót, e
godweb-girela
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A costly robe Þá þe hé ne mæg tó him gebígean mid golde ne mid seolfre ne mid godwebgyrlum, Wlfst. 197, 1