-wifre
Similar entry: gange-wifre
wilde
Having power ⬩ powerful ⬩ strong
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Having power, powerful, strong Hit næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs mos est, ex ea parte quae vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum Ors. 4, l; Swt. 156, 22. Beó á seó mildheortnys wyldre ðonne se rihta dóm semper
Wiht-
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in proper names, v. Txts. 512
wille
A well, spring, stream, fountain
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A well, spring, stream, fountain (lit. and fig. ) An wielle weól blóde flumen sanguine effluxit Ors. 4, 7 ; Swt. 184, 21. Welle fontana Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 79. Ðǽr com upp wærtres welle, Shrn. 93, 36. Seó wylle fluvius Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29. Is sǽd ðæt
-wilte
in éð-wilte that rolls ormoves easily
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in éð-wilte that rolls ormoves easily Éðwiltum versatili, volubili, mobili, Hpt. Gl. 433, 69
Linked entry: un-wealt
wíte-bróga
Penal horror ⬩ a horrid punishment ⬩ torment
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Penal horror, a horrid punishment or torment Ne mé weorce sind wítebrógan, ðe ðú tó mé beótast, Exon. Th. 250, 31; Jul. 135. Eal ðæt man ús foresegð embe helle wítebrógan (cf. Wende him God fro heuene riche into helle witerbrogen (hellewites brogen?)
wíte-geard
A place of punishment
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A place of punishment Wítehúses ł wyerteardes (wítegeardes ?) amphitheatri, Hpt. Gl. 484, 47
wíte-hrægel
A garment worn as a punishment ⬩ sackcloth
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A garment worn as a punishment, sackcloth Ic míne gewǽda on wítehrægl cyrde posui vestimentum meum cilicium, Ps. Th. 68, 11
wíte-hús
A house of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ prison ⬩ an amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyred ⬩ hell
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A house of punishment or torment, a prison Wítehúsa ergastulorum, Hpt. Gl. 516, 8. an amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyred Wítehúses amphitheatri, Hpt. Gl. 484, 47. On wítehúse in amphitheatrum (the passage is: In amphitheatrum sanctos
wíte-lác
Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain
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Punishment, torment, pain Wurdon tó axan eorðan wæstma, efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác (the burning and terror at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah ) gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 12 ; Gen. 2554. Weras básnedon wíteloccas (wíteláces, Grn.) weán under weallum
wíte-scræf
A den of torment
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A den of torment, hell Gewít ðú áwyrgda in ðæt wítescræf, Cd. Th. 308, 12 ; Sat. 691
wíte-steng
A pole used for punishment ⬩ torture
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A pole used for punishment or torture Wítestengces, róde eculei, wítestenges eculei, gabuli, Hpt. Gl. 478, 70-73 : Anglia xiii. 34, 169
Linked entry: steng
wíte-stów
A place of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ hell
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A place of punishment or torment, hell Upp cómon sume ðara ðýstra gásta of ðære neowolnesse and of ðære wítestówe (de abysso illa flammivoma ), Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 41. Nis hér (in hell) nú nǽnig wóp, swá hit ǽr gewunelíc wæs on ðisse wítestówe, Blickl
gyrd-wíte
Punishment with a rod ⬩ the punishment that came upon the Egyptians through Moses' ro
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Punishment with a rod, the punishment that came upon the Egyptians through Moses' ro, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 22; Exod. 15
wind-fana
A cloth for winnowing with ⬩ a fan
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A cloth for winnowing with, a fan Windfona scabellum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 71: i. 289, 22. His fone ł windfone (fonnae ł windgefonnae, Lind.) in honda his and clǽnsaþ bereflór his cujus uentilabrum in manu ejus et purgauit aream suam, Lk. Skt. Rush. 3,
wind-ǽdre
A windpipe
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A windpipe Góma palatum, sweora collum, hracan fauces, windǽddran arteriae, þrotu guttur, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 35-39
Linked entry: seonu-wind
wind-swingla
A fan
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A fan Windswingla vel pala ventilabrum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 36
Linked entry: swingel