wúsc-bearn
A beloved ⬩ an adopted child
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A beloved or an adopted child Uúscbearn (wuso, Rush.) filioli, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 33
Linked entry: wýsc
Eáster-wucu
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Gestód hine seó ádl þon Wódnesdæg néhst Eástron and þá eft þan ylcan dæge on þǽre Eástorwucan hé þæt líf of þám líchaman sende, Guth. 80, 7. Innon þǽre Eásterwucan on .xiiii. k̵. Mai, Chr. 1061; P. 190, 2. Ǽr þám hálgan Eástron and ealle þá Eásterwucan
wull-fleós
A fleece of wool
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A fleece of wool Wulflýs cana vellus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 17
Linked entry: flís
wull-camb
A wool-comb
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A wool-comb Hé sceal fela towtóla habban,... wulcamb, Anglia ix. 263, 13
Linked entry: camb
wull-hnoppa
Wool-nap ⬩ the wool on a fleece
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Wool-nap, the wool on a fleece Wullhnoppa (printed -knoppa; but Similar entries cf.hnoppian vellere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 56: noppe detuberare, a noppe of clothe tuberus, Cath. Angl. 256) lanugo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 66
Linked entry: hnoppa
wull-mod
a distaff
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a distaff Wulmod colus, Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 80: ii. 16, 32: colum, 25, 9: 134, 59. Uuilmod (wulf-) colus, Txts. 54, 306
Linked entry: will-mod
wull-tewestre
A female wool-carder
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A female wool-carder Mǽden milde, wultewestre, Lchdm. iii. 188, 20. Mǽden grǽdig, wulltewestre, 196, 2
Linked entry: tewestre
wund-lác
A wound
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A wound; Similar entries see first passage under wundel
wulf-hliþ
A hill where the wolf has its den
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A hill where the wolf has its den Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ, wulfhleoþu, Beo. Th. 2720; B. 1358
wulf-hol
A wolf's den
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A wolf's den Uulfholu lupinare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 34. Wulfholu, 51, 13
dolh-wund
Wounded ⬩ vulnĕrātus
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Wounded; vulnĕrātus He on swíman læg druncen and dolhwund he lay in stupor drunk and wounded, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 6; Jud. 107
Linked entry: wund
wulf-seáþ
A wolf-pit
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A wolf-pit Be eástan ðæm wulfseáðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 264, 5
wund-swaþu
The trace of a wound ⬩ a scar
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The trace of a wound, a scar Wundsweðe míne cicatrices meae, Ps. Surt. 37, 6
líc-wund
A wound
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A wound, Cd. 154; Th. 193, 1; Exod. 239
syn-wund
A wound inflicted by sin
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A wound inflicted by sin Ne syndon náne swá yfele wunda swá syndon synwunda, forðam þurh ða forwyrð se man écan deáðe, L. Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 17. Wé á sculon ídle lustas, synwunde, forseón, Exon. Th. 47, 18; Cri. 757
Linked entry: syn-rust
feax-wund
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A wound at a place covered by the hair of the head Be feaxwunde. Gif in feaxe bið wund inces lang, geselle ánne sciłł. tó bóte. Gif beforan feaxe bið wund inqes lang, twégen sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 92, 17
cýs-wuce
Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent ⬩ septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ
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Cheese-week, the last week of eating cheese before Lent; septimana dominicæ quinquagesimæ. In the Greek church quinquagesima Sunday is the last day on which cheese may be eaten till Easter. The same rule prevailed in monasteries of the Benedictine order
Æðel-wulf
Æthelwulf ⬩ Æthelwulfus
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Æthelwulf; Æthelwulfus; eldest son of Egbert and father of Alfred the Great. Æthelwulf was king of Wessex, from A. D. 837 (v. Ecg-bryht) -855 A.D. 837 [MS. 836], hér, Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, and féng Æðelwulf his sunu to Westseaxna ríce here, A. D