gamen-wáðu
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wád
Woad,
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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14. Wyrt oððe wád sandix (the passage to which this gloss
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carles wǽn
the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear ⬩ Ursa Major
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the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear; Ursa Major Carles wǽn ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ the churl's wain never goes down under this earth, as other constellations do, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl
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Lunden-waran
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The people of London Mellitum ðone biscop Lundenwaran onfón ne woldon Mellitum Lundonienses episcopum recipere noluerunt, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 37. Ðá wurdon Lundenware héðene, Chr. 616; Erl. 23, 10
Róm-waran
The people of Rome ⬩ the Romans
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The people of Rome, the Romans Hú ungemetlíce gé Rómware bemurciaþ, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 48, 17. Rómwara sundorriht jus Quiritum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 11. Se ǽrra Rómwara cásere Julius, Bd. 1, 2; S. 475, 2. Rómwara ríce, 1, 3; S. 475, 13. Rómwarena hláford,
neorxna wang
Paradise
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Paradise Paradisum ðæt wé hátaþ on Englisc neorxna wang, Hexam. 16; Norm. 24, 5 : Cd. Th. 13, 26; Gen. 208 : Blickl. 17, 15 : Homl. Th. i. 12, 32. Gif hé beget and yt rinde sió ðe cymþ of neorxna wonge, ne dereþ hím nán átter. Ðonne cwæþ se ðe ðás bóc
á-wár
Anywhere ⬩ alicubi
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Anywhere; alicubi Swilce he áwár wǽre, ǽrðan ðe he geboren wǽre as if he were anywhere, before he was born, Homl. Th. ii. 244, 19
wáh
Fine
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Fine Genim wáh mela hæsles oþþe alres, ásift ðonne ful clǽne tela micle hand fulle, Lchdm. ii. 270, 22
wál
(?) some part of a helmet
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(?) some part of a helmet Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067;B. 1031. [cf. M. H. Ger. wæl
wác
A weakness
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A weakness Nyste ic on ðám þingum ðe ðú ymbe specst fúl ne fácn, ne wác ne wom tó ðære dæigtíde ðe ic hit ðé sealde, ac hit ǽgðer wæs ge hál ge clǽne búton ǽlcon fácne, L. O. 9; Th. 1. 182, 3
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hálig-waras
Holy people, saints
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Holy people, saints Þerh múþe háligwara per os sanctorum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 70. Hálgwara sanctorum, Rtl. 45, 1
Sigel-waras
The Ethiopians
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The Ethiopians Mannkynn sweartes hiwes . . . ða man háteþ Sílhearwan (Sigilwara, MS. V.), Nar. 38, 30. Hine Sigelwearas (Aethiopes) séceaþ, Ps. Th. 71, 9. Folc Sigelwara populus Aethiopum, 86, 3. Sigelwara land, Cd. Th. 182, 2; Exod. 69. Hé (St. Matthew
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wan
Want ⬩ lack
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Want, lack Ne byð mé nánes gódes wan nihil mihi deerit, Ps. Th. 22, 1. Hí habbaþ ǽghwæs genóh, nis him wihte won, Exon. Th. 352, 9; Sch. 95. On ðám ðingum ðe hí won hæfdon in eis quae minus habuerat, Bd. 5, 22 ; S. 644, 15
Persc-ware
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Pers-ware
heofon-ware
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Take here the plural forms given under heofon-waru in Dict., and add
fór-ward
a fore-ward ⬩ precaution
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a fore-ward, precaution, Chart. ad calc. C. R. Ben. Lye
freoðo-wǽr
A covenant of peace ⬩ an agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ pācis fœdus ⬩ pactum
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A covenant of peace, an agreement, compact; pācis fœdus, pactum Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes, fæstum fæðmum freoðowǽre heóld the host of men was of one mind, held the covenant of peace in their firm breasts, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 13; Exod. 306. Hí onféngon
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wan
wanting ⬩ absent ⬩ lacking ⬩ not possessed of ⬩ less
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wanting, absent Ðá getreówde hé in godcundne fultom, ðǽr se mennesca wan wæs confidens in divinum, ubi humanum deerat, auxilium, Bd. 2, 7 ; S. 509, 23. Him won (wona, MS. Ca. ) ne wæs seó monung ðære godcundan árfæstnesse non defuit admonitio divinae