wæter-stoppa
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A bucket Hí þá racenteáge gefæstnodon tó þám rápe and gebundon tó ðám wæterstoppan (situlam), Gr. D. 214, 25. Þá arn án wencel mid treówenum æscene tó þǽre wyllan, and sóna swá hit ꝥ wæter hlód, þá becóm án fisc in þone wæterstoppan ( situlam ), II,
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wæter-swilige
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A deep pit witi water in it Of mǽrdíc on ðá wæterswylian; of ðǽre swylian, C. D. vi. 220, 23. Cf. swelg
sǽ-wæter
Sea-water
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Sea-water Genim celeþonian seáw and sǽwæter. Lchdm. ii. 28, 12
wǽpen-bora
One who bears arms ⬩ a warrior
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One who bears arms, a warrior Wǽpnbora armiger, Ælfc. Gr. 8; Zup. 27, 17: Wrt. Voc. i. 84, 14. Wǽpenbora, bellator, 35, 9 : ii. 125, 35. Wǽpenboran pugiles, gladium portantes, gladiatores, Hpt. Gl. 424, 15
wǽpen-þracu
Force of arms
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Force of arms Hine monige on winnaþ mid wǽpenþræce, Cd. Th. 138, 12; Gen. 2290. Hé héht wígend weccan and wǽpenþræce, Elen. Kmbl. 212; El. 106
wæpen-wífestre
A hermaphrodite ⬩ hermafroditus
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A hermaphrodite; hermafroditus,Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 28
Linked entry: bæddel
wǽpen-geþræc
A weapon
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A weapon Ofsend uoepengiðræcc (uoepen, giðræcc?) effunde frameam, Rtl. 168, 5. Cf. Geþrece apparatu. Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 24: 76, 53: Hpt. Gl. 424, 77. Geþræce, 512, 9
wǽpen-strǽl
An arrow to be used as a weapon
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An arrow to be used as a weapon Synd mé manna bearn mihtigum tóðum wǽpenstrǽlas filii hominum dentes eorum arma et sagittae, Ps. Th. 56, 5
wǽpen-wiga
An armed warrior
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An armed warrior Ic wæs wǽpenwiga (wǽpen wigan? the subject of the riddle is a horn) nú mec þeceþ geong hagostealdmon golde and sylfore, Exon. Th. 395, 1; Rä. 15, 1
wǽpen-líc
Male ⬩ masculine
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Male, masculine Ðæt wǽpenlíce lim calamus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 58. Ða wǽpenlícan limo preputia, 68, 60: 69, 16
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wæter-bolla
Dropsy
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Dropsy Of ðære ádle cymð ful oft wæterbolla, Lchdm. ii. 202, 5 : 206, 11. Wiþ wæterbollan, 108, 4 : 10, 17 : 204, 13
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wæter-búc
A pitcher
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A pitcher Án man mid wæterbúce homo am-phoram aquae portans, Lk. Skt. 22, 10. Gedeon hét heora ǽlcne geniman ánne ǽmtigne sester oððe ǽnne wæterbúc Gedeon dedit in manibus eorum lagenas vacuas, Jud. 7, 16
wæter-cróg
A pitcher
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A pitcher Watercróg lagenam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 28
Linked entry: crog
wæter-crúce
A water-pot
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A water-pot Waetercrúce urciolum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 124, 19
wæter-berere
A water-bearer
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A water-bearer Mid wæterbererum cum lixarum (coetibus,Ald. 13; the passage is the same as that glossed in the preceding word), Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 74 : 18, 2. Wæterberere (-a ?) lixarum, 52, 73
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wæter-bóg
A bough with moisture in it
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A bough with moisture in it Wæterbóh surculus, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 16
wæter-burne
A stream of water
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A stream of water Ic ána sæt innan bearwe . . . ðǽr ða wæterburnan swégdon and urnon, Dóm. L. 3
wæter-byden
A water-cask; ⬩ dolium,
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A water-cask; dolium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 76
wæter-egesa
Terror caused by water
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Terror caused by water Wæteregesa sceal líðra wyrðan the terrors of the deep shall lose their force, Andr. Kmbl. 870; An. 435. Wæteregsa, 750; An. 375. Grendles módor wæteregesan wunian sceolde, cealde streámas Grendel's mother must live among the dreadful
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wæter-gyte
A pouring of water, a water-course
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A pouring of water, a water-course — Endlyfta is aquarius,ðæt is wætergyte (-scyte, MS. R.), oððe se ðe wæter gýt. Lchdm. iii. 246, 4
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