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wǽg

(n.)

a wall

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a wall

Linked entries: wág wég

wǽt

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wǽt, <b>; II.</b>
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Wǽt land irriguum, Gr. D. 245, 20. Add

wæl

Grammar
wæl, <b>;
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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

(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. (?)

wápe

(n.)
Grammar
wápe, (-a? m.); an; f.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
wang-stede, es; m.
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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

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wana, an; m.
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Substitute: <b>ge-wana;</b> adj. Lacking, v. wana; adj. I

cyric-wag

(n.)

a church-wall

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a church-wall, L. Eth. vii. 13; Wilk. 111, 17

wann-fáh

(adj.)
Grammar
wann-fáh, adj.
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Dark-hued Wonfáh wale, Exon. Th. 435, II; Rä. 53, 6

Linked entry: wan-fáh

ciric-wag

Grammar
ciric-wag, l.
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-wág

wén-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
wén-líc, adj.

fairhandsomecomelyconveniens

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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

(adj.)
Grammar
wyn-sum, adj.

winsomeagreeablepleasantpleasantjoyous

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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.

æced-wín

(n.)
Grammar
æced-wín, es; n.

ACID-WINEmurratum vinum

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War. 15, 23

Linked entry: eced-wín

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

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.

-ware

(suffix)
Grammar
-ware, v. preceding word.

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wacan

(v.)
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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

(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