wǽt
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Wǽt land irriguum, Gr. D. 245, 20. Add
wæl
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</b> add Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14
wadu
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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. (?)
wápe
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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
wang-stede
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Hė wang sceáwode fore burg*-*geatum, 1678; An. 841. But perhaps wangstede - wang, and the passage means that St. Andrew was unseen as he passed across the space (wang) between the sea and the town.
ge-wana
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Substitute: <b>ge-wana;</b> adj. Lacking, v. wana; adj. I
cyric-wag
a church-wall
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a church-wall, L. Eth. vii. 13; Wilk. 111, 17
wann-fáh
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Dark-hued Wonfáh wale, Exon. Th. 435, II; Rä. 53, 6
Linked entry: wan-fáh
ciric-wag
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-wág
wén-líc
fair ⬩ handsome ⬩ comely ⬩ conveniens
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Heó wæs swíðe wlitig and wénlíces híwes erat eleganti aspectu nimis Homl. Ass. 108, 205. the word glosses conveniens in the following passages Ne wæs woenlíc (þæslíc (q v.), W. S.) gecýðnisse hiora non erat conveniens testimonium illorum Mk. Skt.
Linked entry: wénþ
wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Wæs swíþe wynsum wǽta út flówende.... Seó wǽte wæs wynsumu on ðære onbyrignesse, Blickl. Homl. 209, 2-9. Hé ys Drihtne wynsum onsægednys oblatio est Domino odor suavissimus, Ex. 29, 18. Wynsum stenc, Exon. Th. 363, 16; Wal. 54.
Linked entries: wynsumlíce wynsumness winsum
æced-wín
ACID-WINE ⬩ murratum vinum
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War. 15, 23
Linked entry: eced-wín
wác-líc
Poor ⬩ mean ⬩ of little dignity or worth ⬩ paltry.
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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.
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wǽd
a weed ⬩ an article of dress ⬩ a garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ dress
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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.
-ware
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wacan
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This infinitive form does not occur, its place seems taken by wæcnan
wácu
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(?)
wadan
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wala
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in palam, Mk. 4, 22