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wápe

(n.)
Grammar
wápe, (-a? m.); an; f.
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A cloth, rubber (?cf. wípian) Gif ðú sceát habban wille oððe wápan, ðonne sete ðú díne twá handa ofer ðínum bearme and tóbrǽd hí swilce sceát ástrecce, Techm. ii. 122, 23

wara

(n.)
Grammar
wara, an; m.
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An inhabitant. The word is used mostly in the plural, and as the second part of compounds ; but the singular in composition is found in ceaster-weara civis, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 32 (cf. ceaster-gewara civis, Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Zup. 11, 16), and the independent

Linked entry: -waru

wacen

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<b>. I.</b> add: <b>I a.</b> intentional wakefulness, vigilance, v. wacung. Add Mid þý Benedictus behogode þá tíde þæs nihtlican gebedes, hé gefealh his wæcce (wacone, v.l.) (instans vigiliis), Gr. D. 170, 30. Hé hine sylfne

-wáden

(suffix)

Linked entry: wǽden

wǽge

Grammar
wǽge, <b>; II.</b>
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Wégan trutina, An. Ox. 26, 35. Add

wægn

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Add:

wǽta

Grammar
wǽta, wǽte;
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Add Gif hié cumað of biterum and yfelum wǽtum, Lch. ii. 178, 13. <b>III a.</b> add :-- Sume men of hiora scome þá wǽtan for þǽm nýde þigdon vidimus plerosque pudore amisso suam urinam uexatos ultimis necessitafibus haurientes, Nar. 9, 22

wamb

Grammar
wamb, I.
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Wé þis ne róhton; ac wé lufedon micle swíðor úra wamba fylnesse, Verc. Först. 123, 14. Add

wang

Grammar
wang, <b>. I.</b>
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Wongas ne bryngað mete arua non afferent cybum, Cant. Ab. 17. Add

wang

Grammar
wang, a cheek.
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Add: — Slóh hé þone Godes wer mid his brádre handa ofer his wange, Gr. D. 200, 15

wacen

(n.)
Grammar
wacen, (-an, -on, -un), e; f.

wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a watch ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch ⬩ guard ⬩ a rousing ⬩ an incitement

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wakefulness, sleeplessness Ðone intingan ðínre unrótnisse and ðínre wacone (wæcene, Bd. M. 128, 23) tuae moestitiae et insomniorum causam, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 41 a watch, vigil 'Wel ðú dést ðæt ðú nalæs ðé slǽpe forgeáfe, ac má woldest wæccan (weacenum

Linked entries: a-wacan wacan wacon wæcen weacen

waad

Similar entry: wád

waar

Linked entry: sǽ-wár

wæbb

Similar entry: web

wærg

Similar entry: wearg

wǽte

Similar entry: wǽta

wætla

(n.)
Grammar
wætla, an; m.

A bandage

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A bandage Ðonne ðú hit sníþe, ðonne hafa ðé línenne wætlan gearone ðæt ðú ðæt dolh sóna mid forwríðe ; and ðonne ðú hit eft má lǽtan wille, teóh ðone wætlan of, Lchdm. ii. 208, 20-23. Cf. watel

wald-

(prefix)

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-wamb

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-wamb, adj.

Similar entry: þyrel-wamb

wang

(n.)
Grammar
wang, es; m. . I. the word, which is almost confined to poetry, may be rendered by words denoting the surface of the ground taken in their most general sense,
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III. fig. of any surface Ic ( a cup for cupping) eom stíð and steáp wong, staþol wæs in þá wyrta wlitetorhtra, Exon. Th. 484, 4; Rä. 70, 2

Linked entries: ge-wenge wencge wenge

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