mán-word
A wicked word
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A wicked word Ys hyra múðes scyld mánworda feala ða hí mid welerum ásprǽcan delicta ores eorum sermo labiorum ipsorum, Ps. Th. 58, 12
wíd-gal
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Th. 401, 1; Rä. 21, 5. v. wíd-gil[l], and next word
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gram-word
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A word or speech expressing anger, wrath, hate, evil Ne gé wið eode ǽfre gramword sprecan nolite loqui adversus deum iniquitatem, Ps. Th. 74, 5
hosp-word
A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse
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Ongan tó ðam hálgan hospword sprecan began to speak words of contempt to the saint, Andr. Kmbl. 2632; An. 1317
lyge-word
lie ⬩ falsehood
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A lying word, lie, falsehood Lygeword spǽcon locuti sunt falsa, Ps. Th. 57, 3: Cd. 210; Th. 261, 3; Dan. 720. Ne wéne ǽnig ðæt is lygewordum leóþ somnige, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 28; Ph. 547
Linked entry: lygen-word
wær-word
A word of caution, forewarning
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A word of caution, forewarning Wærwordum antefatis(as if from ante-fatus= spoken before, cf. antefataforewyrde, 100, 28; but the Latin is ante fatis. Cf. Hpt. Gl. 529, 40 fatis ge*-*wyr[dum]), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 34: 5, 42
word-fæst
Adhering to what one says ⬩ keeping one's word
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Adhering to what one says, keeping one's word Se hláford sceal beón egesfull ðam dysegum, ðæt hé heora dysig álecge ; and hé sceal beón wordfæst and witan hwæt hé clypige (he seal beon weordfeste and wise lare lusten, III, 32), O. E.
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fore-word
A proviso ⬩ condition
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Take here for-word in Dict., and add:
Linked entries: ge-forewyrdan fore-weard fore-wyrd
wóp-líc
Mournful ⬩ doleful ⬩ lamentable
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Grammar wóp-líc, of persons expressing grief Wóplíc (printed -lie) lacrimabundus, Hpt. Gl. 472, 66. In faran ðæt tungla wóplícan heofones eáhþerl ðú eart geworden intrent ut astra flebiles, coeli fenestra facta es, Hymn. Surt. 76, 5.
wed-loga
One who is false to a pledge or engagement
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Ðæt gé ne beón wedlogan ne word*-*logan, Wulfst. 40, 10 : 165, 36. Cristen cyning sceal wedlogan and wǽrlogan hatian and hýnan, 266, 29. [Þu (the body) were wedlowe and monsware, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 27.]
wand
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a mole Wond (wand, uuond) talpa Txts. 101, 1973
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beót-word
a word of threatening ⬩ threats ⬩ minæ ⬩ a word of boasting ⬩ jactationis verbum
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[beót III. a boasting] a word of boasting; jactationis verbum Beówulf beótwordum spræc Beowulf spake in words of boasting Beo. Th. 5014; B. 2510
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here-word
Praise ⬩ applause
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Praise, applause Ða wolde Brihtrĭc geearnian him hereword tunc cogitavit Brihtricus adquirere sibi laudem. Chr. 1009; Erl 142, note 8
word-full
Wordy ⬩ verbose ⬩ talkative
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Wordy, verbose, talkative Mann wordfull (verbosus) asyndraþ ealdras, Scint. 134, 12. Wordful verbosa (garrulorum loyua-citas), Hpt. Gl. 528, 49. Wordfulle uerbosi, Scint. 78, l
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
Linked entry: wund-wácu
fracoþ-word
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An abusive word, an insult, bad language Hé sǽde hú manigne teónan and orwyrdu þára nunnena fracoð-wyrda (-worda, v.l.) hé geþrowode quantas pateretur verborum contumelias enarravit, Gr. D. 152, 7
wer
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Qui ergo dimittit aquam, caput est jurgiorum, Past. 38; Swt. 279, 16. often the wer is connected with fishing, and the word seems sometimes to be used of the water that is kept in by the dam Captura (captura locus piscosus, ubi capiuntur pisces, Migne
web
A web, woven stuff
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Goldfág scinon web æfter wágum shot with gold shone the work of the loom along the walls, Beo. Th. 1994; B. 995. Webbum peplis, Hpt. Gl. 507, 12. Webbu swá hwilc swá wyfð, and blisse gesihð, gód ǽrende getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 210, 28
Linked entry: wæbb
bismær-word
A disgraceful or abusive word, reproach, insult ⬩ ignominiosum vel contumeliosum verbum, opprobrium, insultatio
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[ = bismer-word: bismer opprobrium, contumelia; word verbum] A disgraceful or abusive word, reproach, insult; ignominiosum vel contumeliosum verbum, opprobrium, insultatio Mid bismærwordum with insults, L. H. E. 11; Th. i. 32, 5
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wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Woȝ, Ayenb. 72. Woughe, Wyck. Ps. 61, 4, Wowes, Piers P. 3, 61