wægn-faru
A chariot-journey
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A chariot-journey Fiscalis reda (= rheda) gebellícum wæg[n]fearu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 64. Fiscalis ræde gafellícum wǽnfare, 35, 56
wægn-gehrado
a waggon-plank
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a waggon-plank Wǽngehrado tabula plaustri, Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 53
Linked entry: ge-hrado
wægn-þoll
A cart-pin
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A cart-pin Wǽnðoll aries, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 72
Linked entry: þoll
wægn-weg
A cart-road ⬩ carriage-road
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A cart-road, carriage-road On ðone wǽnweg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 8, 37. On ðone brádan wǽnweg, iii. 37, 26
wægn-wyrhta
A wain-wright ⬩ cart-wright ⬩ carriage-maker
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A wain-wright, cart-wright, carriage-maker Wǽnwyrhta carpentarius, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 9: 66, 50: ii. 128, 68
hálig-waras
Holy people, saints
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Holy people, saints Þerh múþe háligwara per os sanctorum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 70. Hálgwara sanctorum, Rtl. 45, 1
Bret-walas
The Britons of Wales;
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The Britons of Wales; Walli — Cynríc ða Bretwalas gefliémde Cynric routed the Welsh, Chr. 552; Th. 28, 39, col. 1
Linked entry: Bret-
Bret-walda
A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England ⬩ Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus.
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A ruler of the Saxons in Britain, the chief Saxon king in England; Saxonum in Britannia rex supremus. Turner and Lappenberg suppose that the Bretwalda was elected by the other Saxon kings and by the collected nobility and other electors in Britain, because
brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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A powerful ruler or king; præpotens rex. It is affirmed [Kmbl. Sax. Eng. ii. 21, and note i] that the true meaning of brýten-walda, compounded of walda a ruler, and the adj. brýten, is totally unconnected with Brettas or Bretwalas, the name of the British
wíg-wǽgn
A war-chariot
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A war-chariot: — -Se kyningc Pharon hæfde syx hund wígwægna (curruum), Ors. I. 7 ; Swt. 38, 24, 35
hors-wægn
A chariot
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A chariot Horswǽn carpentum, currus, Ælfc. Gl. 48; Som. 65, 68; Wrt. Voc. 34, 3
on-wǽcan
to soften, mollify, cause relaxation of severity
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to soften, mollify, cause relaxation of severity Ðæt wé mihtiges Godes mód onwǽcen, Cd. Th. 26, 7; Gen. 403
á-wácian
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Áwácaþ uilesceret, i. contemptibilis esset, An. Ox. 2087. Sé bið gesǽlig þe þonne ne áwácaþꝥ þú mé ne, Wlfst. 85, 14. On heora nǽnigum se hiht ne áwácode, Guth. 66, 14. Áwácyge þǽra stapela ǽnig, sóna se stól scylfð, Wlfst. 267, 17. Hý willan þurh deófles
Linked entry: wácian
á-wǽcan
porrectus.
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Dele: awǽht (l. árǽht) porrectus
á-wanian
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Sé ðe hit áwanie, C. D. iii. 344, 23. Ðá ðe áwonað biðon in líchoma qui macerantur in corpore, Rtl. 15, 3. Add
æl-walda
the all-powerful
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the all-powerful. Cd. Jun. 6, 10
All-walda
All-ruler ⬩ the Almighty
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All-ruler, the Almighty, Cd. 15; Th. 19, 15; Gen. 292
a-wacian
To awake ⬩ expergisci ⬩ expergefieri ⬩ evigilare
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To awake; expergisci, expergefieri, evigilare Of hefegum slǽpe awacode e gravi somno expergefactus est, Gen. 45, 26