wíg-bord
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A shield He héht him gewyrcean eallírenne wíg-bord; wisse he gearwe, ðæt him holtwudu helpan ne meahte, lind wið líge, Beo. Th. 4667; B. 2339. Wígbord scinon, Cd. Th. 207, 14; Exod. 466
wíg-rád
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v. wíg-trod) wiðer-trod seen láðra monna Abraham betook himself to the way where the foe had gone and saw the track of their retreat Cd. Th. 125, 24; Gen. 2084
wíf-scrúd
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Add: cf. wíf-hrægel
ge-wif
An affection of the eye ⬩ web
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An affection of the eye, web Wið ǽlces cynnes bróc on eágon wið gewif for every sort of malady in the eyes, for web, Lchdm. iii. 290, 3
wíf-hád
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Ger. wíp-heit sexus.] See other instances under wer-hád
Norþ-wíc
Norwich
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Ðá gerǽdde Ulfkytel wið ða witan on Eást-Englum, Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 17. Ðá geaf se cyng his sunu ðone eorldóm on Norþfolc and Súþfolc; ðá lǽdde hé ðæt wíf tó Norþwíc, 1075; Erl. 213, 6
weg
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add: means of access Ðý lǽs sió úpáhæfenes him weorðe tó wege micelre scylde ne elatio via fiat ad foveam gravioris culpae, Past. 439, ii. add: [weg seems contrasted with pæþ, and with here-strǽt, -pæþ Of þám wege út æt norðgæte, on þone smalan pæþ
wíf-hrægel
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Cf. wíf-scrúd
wíg-þreát
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A military troop Ðæs hiofenlícan werodes wíg-þreátas coelestis exercitus militiae Lchdm. i. lxviii, 8
Linked entry: þreát
wíd-genge
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Rambling, roving, going far and wide Wíd-genge girouagum, An. Ox. 58, 10
wín-land
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a grape-growing country Gif hwá on þám wínlandum for Godes lufon wín wylle forgán, Chrd. 15, 21
wil-gæst
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Cf. wil-cuma
wil-gebróþor
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Cf. wil-gesweostor
Linked entry: ge-bróþor
wil-hrémig
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Having one's desire, satisfied, exultant Wil-hrémig (printed -hranig, but see Wülck. Gl. 376, 26) compos. Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 69
wíg-gár
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A lance Wígár lancea, wegures (wīgáres?) gewrið amentum Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 46 - 47. Cf. wíg-spere
wíd-gal
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Th. 401, 1; Rä. 21, 5. v. wíd-gil[l], and next word
Linked entry: wíd-gil
here-wíc
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Herewíc castra, Wit. Voc. ii. 96, 19. Herewíc, fyrdwíc, 20, 6. Castra, oppida, loca altissima sita, dicia quasi casa alta herewíc vel gefylco, 129, 36. Add
wíf-leás
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Without a wife, unmarried: — Gif hwylces weres forme wíf bið deád, ðæt hé be leáfe óðer wíf niman móte, and gif hé ða oferbýt, wunige hé á syððan wífleás (coelebs), L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. ] See also next word
wíf-healf
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(Cf. wíf-cynn, I. ) v. preceding word
wín-druncen
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Drunken with wine, drunken Wíndruncen vinolentus R. Ben. Interl. 20, 13. Wíndruncen gewit, Cd. Th. 262, 32 ; Dan. 753. Wíndruncynes temulenti Kent. Gl. 985. Wíndruncene uinolentae, ebriae Germ. 394, 250