weard
ward, guard, watch ⬩ a watch, a body of men keeping watch ⬩ guardianship, protection, keeping
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ward, guard, watch Gefangen on hergiunge oþþe æt wearde utrum explorantem an in praelio raptus, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 5. Healdaþ wearde dæges and nihtes die ac nocte manebitis observantes custodias, Lev. 8, 35. Weras wæccende wearde heóldon, Judth. Thw
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wearn
a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty, ⬩ a refusal,
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a hindrance, obstacle, difficulty, v. wearn-wíslíce Wearne ł remmincge obstaculo, impedimento, Hpt. Gl. 455, 48. Ðæt mód hæfð fulfremedne willan tó ðære wrǽnnesse bútan ǽlcre steóre and wearne ejus animus voluptate luxuriae sine ullo repugnationis obstaculo
wearp
the warp, thread stretched lengthwise in a loom ⬩ a pliant twig that may be used in basket-making.
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the warp, thread stretched lengthwise in a loom Wearp stamen. Wrt. Voc. ii. 121, 34: i. 59, 32: 66, 21: 282, 4. Línen wearp linostema, 40, 8. Be cembum wearpe de stuppe stamineo (de stuppae stamine, Ald. 51 and v. Hpt. Gl. 494, 1), ii. 83, 15: 26, 62.2
wearr
A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity
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A piece of hard skin (particularly on the hands or feet), callosity Wear callus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 12. War. i. 291, 8. Wær callositas, Hpt. Gl. 490, 33. Ða wearras and ða swylas ðe beóð on mannes handum oððe on óðrum limum, Lchdm. i. 356, 16. Wiþ weartum
weó
Woe ⬩ misery
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Woe, misery Daroþas wǽron weó(weá ?) ðære wihte Exon. Th. 438, 9; Rä. 57, 5
Bederices weorþ
Bederic's worth or town ⬩ Eádmundes burh ⬩ St. Edmund's bury
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Bederic's worth or town, so called because the manor formerly belonged to Bederic, who bequeathed it to Edmund the king and martyr, hence it was subsequently called Eádmundes burh, St. Edmund's bury On Bedericeswyrþe at Bedericsworth, Will 23 ; Th. Diplm
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Similar entry: línen-werd
weód
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Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan . . . weód wyrtwalian, Angl. ix. 262, 21. Add
fyrd-werod
An army-host ⬩ phalanx ⬩ turma ⬩ phălanx ⬩ φάλανξ
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An army-host, phalanx; turma, phălanx = φάλανξ,Cot. 140. Micel stefn fyrdweorodes getrymnesse a great sound off
cyrce weard
a warden ofthe church ⬩ sacristan
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a warden ofthe church sacristan, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 33
weoloc-telg
The scarlet dye got from the weoloc
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The scarlet dye got from the weoloc Wiolctælges conquilini, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 41
wíh
An idol
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An idol Hié gecwǽdon ðæt hié ðæs wíges (the golden image) ne róhton, ne hié tó ðam gebede mihte gebǽdon hǽðen heriges wísa, Cd. Th. 228, 12 ; Dan. 201. Hié ne willaþ ðysne wígwurðigean, 228, 24; Dan. 208. Hé (St.Bartholomew) ne wolde wíg weorðian (cf