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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

wand

(n.)
Grammar
wand, a mole.
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Wand (printed pund) talpa, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 61. Add

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

-wǽde

(suffix)

Similar entry: ǽ-wǽde

wælm

Similar entry: wilm

wænys

(n.)
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(Hpt. 438, 70)

wǽmn

Similar entry: wǽpen

wǽpn

Similar entry: wǽpen

-wǽre

(suffix)

Similar entry: on-wǽre

wǽsma

wala

(n.)
Grammar
wala, (?),an; m.

A root (?)

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A root (?) Ad (æt ?) walan to the root of a matter, to certainty ; ad liquidum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 46. Similar entries v. weall-, wyrt-wala

wala

Similar entry: wela

walas

Similar entry: wealh

waled

(adj.)
Grammar
waled, adj.

Coloured (?)

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Coloured (?) Waledra histriatarum (histriatus historiis sculptus vel depictus, Migne),Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 14. Similar entries v. (?) walu

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