Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

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æ
þ

-wéd

(suffix)

-wef

(suffix)

Similar entry: ge-

wél

(n.)

a pool

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a pool

wig

(n.)

a way

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a way

wíg

(n.)

an idol

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an idol

wex

Similar entry: weax

wǽg

Grammar
wǽg, weight.
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Add Ælc man þe riht démeð, hé hæfð wǽga on handa, and on ǽgðere sceale hé byrð rihtwísnesse and mildheortnesse, Ll. Lbmn. 474, 6

wǽg

(n.)

a wall

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a wall

Linked entries: wág wég

wág

(n.)

a balance,

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a balance

wége

Similar entry: wǽge

wégi

Similar entry: wǽge

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops

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fight, battle, war, conflict Wíg oððe gefeoht mavors, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 37. Ðonne wíg cume, Beo. Th. 46 ; B. 23: 5737; B. 2872. Wíg ealle fornam, 2165; B. 1080: Exon. Th. 291, 11; Wand. 80: Elen. Kmbl. 262 ; El. 131. Wæs ðæs wyrmes wíg wíde gesýne, nearofáges

wíg

(adj.)
Grammar
wíg, (?); adj.

wearg

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg, werg, werig, wyrig; adj.

Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,

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Evil, vile, malignant, accursed, of human beings Sum sceal on galgan rídan ... bið him werig noma, Exon. Th. 329, 31; Vy. 42. Ðú ( the body ) werga (weriga, Soul Kmbl. 43), 368, 15; Seel. 22. Ðú woldest brúcan ungemetlícre wrǽnnesse.

áþ-wed

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-wed, -wedd, es ; n. [áþ an oath, wed a pledge]

A pledge on oath ⬩ a solemn pledge ⬩ sacramentum

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A pledge on oath, a solemn pledge; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 119; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

Linked entry: áþ-gehát

weax

(n.)
Grammar
weax, es; n.

Wax

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Swá swá eles gecynd bið ðæt hé beorhtor scíneþ þonne wex on sceafte, Blickl. Homl. 129, 1. Ða fótlástas wǽron swutole, swá hié on wexe wǽron áðýde, 205, 1. God hét wǽpen wera wexe gelícost fomeltan, Andr. Kmbl. 2292; An. 1147.

Linked entries: wex wexen wæx

wei lá wei

Similar entry: weg

wegan

(v.)
Grammar
wegan, p. , pl. ; pp.

to move, bear, carry, bring, transport ⬩ to bring, cause ⬩ to bear, support ⬩ to bear, carry, ⬩ to have ⬩ bear ⬩ wear ⬩ to have ⬩ to be under the influence of ⬩ have ⬩ bear ⬩ to bear, submit to ⬩ to weigh, ⬩ to put something in a balance ⬩ to be equal to ⬩ To move

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Ís sceal brycgian wæter helm wegan (water must wear a helm of ice), Exon. Th. 338, 5 ; Gen. Ex. 74. Wegan máððum to wear a jewel, Beo. Th. 6023 ; B. 3015.

Linked entry: æt-wegan

wedd

Grammar
wedd, v. wed[d].

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web-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
web-geweorc, es; n.

Weaving

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Heó wolde beón fram ðære þriddan tíde óð ða nigoþan tíd ymbe hyre webb-geweorc, Homl. Ass. 127, 348

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