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wóh-georn

(adj.)
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wóh-georn, adj.

Loving iniquity

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Loving iniquity Ða wóhgeornan woruldrícan mid heora ungestreónum forweorðaþ, Wulfst. 183, 8

wóh-hǽmed

(n.)
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wóh-hǽmed, es; n.

Adulteryfornication

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Adultery, fornication Se yfla willa wóhhǽmetes (cf. unrihthǽmedes, Bt. 31, 2 ; Fox 112, 24), Met. 18, 2. Sió hreófl getácnaþ ðæt wóhhǽmed per scábiem luxuria designator, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 5. Ða ðe wóhhǽmed begangaþ mid óþerra ceorla wífum, Blickl. Homl

wóh-hǽmende

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
wóh-hǽmende, adj. (ptcpl. ); or wóh-hǽmend, es; m.

Adulterousfornicatingan adulterera fornicator

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Adulterous, fornicating; or an adulterer, a fornicator Ða wohhǽmendan fornicatores, Past. 51; Swt. 401, 27. Ðú dydest ðé tó ðám wóhhǽmendum cum adulteris portionem tuam ponebas, Ps. Th. 40, 19

wan-hálness

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On geogoðe and on ylde, on gesundfulnysse and on wanhálnesse, Archiv cxxi. 46, 9. Add

wóh-dǽd

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Hé forhogade ꝥ hé ǽnig gemet sette his wóh-dǽdum modum suis pravitatibus ponere contemsit, Gr. D. 341, 4. Add

wác-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
wác-scipe, es; m.

Remissness

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Remissness Ðæt hí stýran ǽlcum ðara ðe ðis ne gelǽste and mínra witena wed ábrecan mid ǽnigum wácscipe wille, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 272, 7

wád-spitel

(n.)

a woad-spade,

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a woad-spade, Anglia ix. 263, 6

wax-georn

Similar entry: weax-georn

on-wóh

Similar entry: wóh

á-wóh

(n.)
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Beorge ꝥ hé áwóh ne befó, Ll. Th. i. 290, 8. Add

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. (?)

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but the declension seems partly u-stem) ; f.
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Ware, merchandise Mangere mercator, waru merx, Wrt. Voc. i. 73, 73. Hí wurpon heora waru oforbord they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea (Jonah I, 5), Homl. Th. i. 246, 2.

wác-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wác-líc, adj.

Poormeanof little dignity or worthpaltry.

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Similar entries v. wác, III Wáclíc vilis, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 64: Hpt. Gl. 523, 74: inutile, contemptum, 470, 22. Ðú wilt habban ealle fægere ðing and ácorene, and wilt ðé sylf beón wáclíc and unwurð, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 20: 372, 8.

Linked entry: wác

weá

(n.)
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weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Ic fleáh weán wana wilna gehwilces, 137, 11; Gen. 2272 : 109, 7; Gen. 1819 For hwon wást ðú weán, gesyhst sorge, 54, 12; Gen. 876. Gedígan weán and wræcsíð, Beo. Th. 4573; B. 2292 Gesamna ús of wídwegum, ðǽr wé weán dreógaþ, Ps. Th. 105, 36: Cd.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

wær

(adj.)
Grammar
wær, adj.
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Se wara weard his ágenre þearfednesse ille sollicitus suae paupertatis custos. Gr. D. 201, 11

wǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wǽd, e; f.: wǽde, es; n.

a weedan article of dressa garmentclothingdress

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Ic wæs nacod, nolde gé mé wǽda tíþian, Wulfst. 288, 33. Wǽda leásne, Cd. Th. 53, 27; Gen. 867: 256, 2; Dan. 634: Met. 25, 32. Ðú wǽda tylast, Homl. Th. i. 488, 26. Of ungemete wiste and wǽda, Met. 25, 39.

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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Sax. gróni wang the earth ), Exon. Th. 426, 34; Rä. 4I, 83. Cýþan werum on wonge, 414, 2; Rä. 32, 14: 439, 11; Rä. 59, 2. Seó heá miht on ðysne wang ástág, Blickl. Homl. 105, 14. Ðú eorðan wang ealne gesettest, Hy. 10, 3.

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

-wand

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-wand

wápe

(n.)
Grammar
wápe, (-a? m.); an; f.
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A cloth, rubber (?cf. wípian) Gif ðú sceát habban wille oððe wápan, ðonne sete ðú díne twá handa ofer ðínum bearme and tóbrǽd hí swilce sceát ástrecce, Techm. ii. 122, 23

wacu

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Add: cf. wæce