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Anglo-Saxon

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wǽte

Similar entry: wǽta

walde

Similar entry: willan

wale

Similar entry: weale

-wamb

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-wamb, adj.

Similar entry: þyrel-wamb

wann

(adj.)
Grammar
wann, adj.
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Hé þeahte bearn middangeardes wonnan wǽge he covered earth's children with the dark wave, Cd. Th. 83, 13 ; Gen. 1379. Gewát se wilda fugel ofer wonne wǽg, 88, 8; Gen. 1462. Hé wolde ðæt wanne wæter tó wíne áwendan. Homl. Th. ii. 58, 16.

Linked entries: wan wanniht

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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III. fig. of any surface Ic ( a cup for cupping) eom stíð and steáp wong, staþol wæs in þá wyrta wlitetorhtra, Exon. Th. 484, 4; Rä. 70, 2

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

wǽl-bed

(n.)
Grammar
wǽl-bed, wǽl-bedd, es; n.

The bed of the slain

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The bed of the slain Ic hine heardan clammum on wælbedde wríþan þóhte I had thought to bind him on the couch of the slain (i.e. to kill him ), Beo. Th. 1932; B. 964. Hwæt befealdest ðú folmum ðínum on wælbedd bróðor ðínne? Cd. Th. 62,8; Gen. 1011

wæl-clam

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-clam, wæl-clamm, es; m.

A fatal bond

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A fatal bond Forgif mé mennen ðe ðú áhreddest wera wælclommum (captivity in which they might have been slain ?) Cd. Th. 128, 17; Gen. 2128

Linked entry: wæl-bend

wæl-weg

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-weg, (=hwæl-weg or wǽl-weg)

the sea

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the sea Hweteþ on wælweg ofer holma gelagu, Exon. Th. 309, 26; Seef. 63

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m.: wange, wænge, wenge, an; n.
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A cheek, side of the face Ðæt wange wið ða ceócan ufan mandibula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 58, 3. Ðæs wonges locfeax cesaries, 22, 57. Smire ðæt hále wonge mid, Lchdm. ii. 338, 9. Bind on ðæt wænge, 20, 10. Smyre ðæt wenge, 20, 18. Gif hwá ðé sleá on dín swýðre

wácu

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(?)

wadu

(n.)
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a drag-net Wade sagenę (Mt. 13, 47), An. Ox. 61, 15. [M. H. Ger. wate sagena (v. Angl. xxx. 528). Cf. Icel. vaðr a fishingline. (?)

wæcc

(n.)
Grammar
wæcc, e; f.
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Watch, vigil Mid þý hé behogode þá tíde þæs nihtlican gebedes hé gefealh his wæcce (instans vigiliis), Gr. D. 170, 30

wala

(n.)
Grammar
wala, (?) a root (?). Perhaps for 'ad walan' ad palam should be read. The gloss is on Ald. 32, i. Cf. An. Ox. 2313, ad liquidum, i. manifeste openlíce : for the use of a preposition with palam see
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in palam, Mk. 4, 22

wamm

(adj.)
Grammar
wamm, adj.
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Add: — Wom[mum?] maculoso, An. Ox. 17, 48

wana

(adj.)
Grammar
wana, adj.
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Add Þára manna mód . . . wát ꝥ þá martyras þǽr in heora líchaman ne licgaþ, and þonne hwæþre nǽron wana fram þǽre gehýrnesse mens . . . illic martyres novit et non jacere corpore, et tamen non deesse ab exauditione, Gr. D. 117, 15. Add Þeáh þe heom

wara

(n.)

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waac

Similar entry: wác

wacu

(n.)

a waking ⬩ wake ⬩ watch

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a waking, wake, watch

Linked entry: wæcc

wæfs

Similar entry: wæps

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