wæl-mist
A mist that covers the bodies of the slain
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A mist that covers the bodies of the slain Hreám wæs on ýðum, wæter wǽpna ful, wælmist ástáh (the passage refers to the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea) Cd. Th. 206, 12; Exod. 450.
wær-wyrde
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Gif on Wódnesdæg . . . bið ácenned, sé bið wærwyrde (swíðe wær on hií wordum, v.l. ), Archiv cxxviii. 298, 9. Add
wæl-sliht
Slaughter in battle ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage
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Wæs on healle wælslihta gehlyn, Fins. Th. 57; Fin. 28
wæl-grimlíce
With the utmost bitterness
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Ðǽr wæs se mǽsta blódgyte on ǽgðere healfe, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 31
Linked entry: grimlíce
wæl-píl
A deadly dart ⬩ death-pang
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A deadly dart, death-pang Wæs his mondryhtne endedógor, ... áwrecen wælpílum wló ne meahte oroð up geteón, Exon. Th. 171, 15; Gú. 1127
wæl-gár
A deadly spear
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Ðǽr wæs heard plega, wælgára wrixl, wígcyrm micel, Cd. Th. 120, 5; Gen. 1990
ungemet-wæl
Very great carnage
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Very great carnage Ðǽr wæs ungemetwæl geslægen, Chr. 867; Erl. 73, 14
wæl-fús
Ready to be slain
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Ready to be slain; referring to Beowulf before the fight in which he was mortally wounded Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, wyrd ungemete neáh, se sceolde sécean sáwle hord, sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420
wǽl-líc
Deep
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Deep (of water) On deópum ł in welicum (= wǽllícum. v. wæl) grunde sǽwe in fundo maris, Hpt. Gl. 452, 23
wæl-rǽs
A deadly attack ⬩ an attack in which men are slain
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A deadly attack, an attack in which men are slain Wæs sió swátswaðu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5886; B. 2947. Æfter wælrǽse wunde gedýgan, 5055; B. 2531.
wæl-fel
Cruel to the slain ⬩ very cruel
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Cf. wæl-hreów Hræfen uppe gól, wan and wælfel, Elen. Kmbl. 105; El. 53
wæl-fill
Slaughter ⬩ carnage
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Hér micel wælfill wæs æt Wóddesbeorge (Wódnes-, MS. E.), Chr. 592; Erl. 18, 30. Blódgyte, wællfyll weres, morð mid mundum. Cd. Th. 92,11; Gen. 1527. Heó underbæc beseah wið ðæs wælfylles the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 154, 29; Gen. 2563
Linked entry: wæl-feall
wæl-seax
A war-knife ⬩ a sword or dagger used in fight
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A war-knife, a sword or dagger used in fight Hé wælseaxe gebrǽd, ðæt hé on byrnan wæg, Beo. Th. 5400;B. 2703
ge-wæd
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A ford Willelm cyng lǽdde scipfyrde and landfyrde tó Scotlande ... and his landfyrde æt þám Gewæde ( the Forth) inn lǽdde (férde inn ofer ꝥ Wæð, v. l. ), Chr. 1072; P. 208, 14.
Linked entry: wæd
seolh-wæd
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Cf. preceding word and mearc-pæð, -wæd
ge-wær
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Substitute: <b>ge-wær</b> in the phrase gewær (indecl. cf. wurðan thes firiho barn giwar, Hél. 3641.
wær-sagol
Cautious in speech, careful of what one says
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Cautious in speech, careful of what one says Se ðe wǽre leássagol, weorðe se sóðsagol; se ðe wǽre bæcslitol, weorðe se wærsagol; se ðe wǽre stuntwyrde, weorðe se wíswyrde, Wulfst. 72, 17
hræd-wægn
A swift chariot
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A swift chariot Se stiórþ ðam hrædwǽne eallra gesceafta volucrem currum regit, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 20: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 81; Met. 24, 41
wær-lic
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Add: — Hí þurh ꝥ swýþur cunnedon þǽre Godes gife þonne hit wærlic wǽre, Gr. D. 27, 12
neorxna wang
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Brúcað gé Godes neorxnewonges, Hml. S. 30, 101. Ðá ðá hí ǽrest gesceapene wǽron on neorxna wonge, Past. 40S. 27. Add