weoh-steall
Similar entry: wíg-steall
weodu-binde
Similar entry: wudu-binde
ofdúne-weard
Entry preview:
Downward, down Ꝥ áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard (ofdún-, v. l. ), Gr. D. 12, 10. Hé áfeóll ofdúneweard (ofdún-, v. l.) (nyðerweard hreás, v. l. ), 24, 25
weard-mann
A guard, watchman, keeper
Entry preview:
A guard, watchman, keeper Nyte wé hweþer se weardmann wǽre ǽfre gefullod, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 293. Ealle ða weardmenn wǽron geswefode búton heora ánum, 11, 200: 4, 419. Ða weardmenn ðe bewiston Cristes líc, Homl. Ass. 79, 175. Hé geseah ðæra sceaþena fær
weax-bred
a table, tablet for writing on ⬩ a table, list
Entry preview:
a table, tablet for writing on Ðá wrát hé gebedenum wexbrede (wæx-, Lind.) postulans pugilarem scribsit, Lk. Skt. 1, 63. Sýn gesealde from ðæm abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, ðæt is ... græf, ... weaxbreda dentur ab abbate omnia quae sunt necessaria, id
weax-gescot
A contribution of wax,
Entry preview:
A contribution of wax, due to a church Swá hwæt swá witan tó ðearfe gerǽdan, hwílum weaxgescot, Wulfst. 171, 1
Weonod-land
The country of the Wends
Entry preview:
The country of the Wends Weonoðland him wæs on steórbord Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 19, 34. Weonodland Swt. 20, 4, 6. Of Weonodlande 7. Of Winodlande 11
Linked entry: Winedas
and-werd
Present ⬩ præsens
Entry preview:
Present; præsens On ðisum andwerdan dæge on this present day, Homl. Th. ii. 284, 5
a-wend
turned ⬩ translated
Entry preview:
turned, translated; Seó bóc is on Englisc awend the book is turned [translated] into English, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 30
a-weól
flowed forth
Entry preview:
flowed forth, Cot. 72
fóre-werd
Forward ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior ⬩ prīmus
Entry preview:
Forward, fore, former, early; prōnus, antĕrior, prior, prīmus On fórewerdne morgen ic drífe sceáp míne to heora lease in prīmo māne mĭno ŏves meas ad pascua, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 11. Fórewerd swira căpĭtium, Wrt. Voc. 282, 42. Fóreword násu pĭrŭla,
heorþ-werod
A band of household retainers ⬩ those who share the same hearth ⬩ a family
Entry preview:
A band of household retainers, those who share the same hearth, a family Ðá wearþ Jafeðe áféded heorþwerod suna and dóhtra then for Japhet was reared a family of sons and daughters, Cd. 78; Th. 96, 35; Gen. 1605. Se hálga héht his heorþwerod wǽpna onfón
mann-werod
A band of people ⬩ an assembly
Entry preview:
A band of people, an assembly Ðá Philippuse gebyrede ðæt hé for ðæm plegan út of ðæm monweorode árád, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 33. Gemun ðín mannweorod memento congregationis tuæ, Ps. Th. 73, 2
nyt-weorð
Useful ⬩ advantageous ⬩ profitable
Entry preview:
Useful, advantageous, profitable Eálá ðú mín wyln beó nytwyrðe O mea ancilla, esto utilis, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 101, 4. Hú se láreów sceal beón nytwierðe (MS. Hatt. -wyrðe) on his wordum ut sit rector utilis in verbo, Past. 15; Swt. 88, 3. Ðá stód ðǽr
ge-wend
A spiral shell ⬩ snail-shell ⬩ coclea
Entry preview:
A spiral shell, snail-shell; coclea, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 81; Wrt. Voc. 34, 13
þurh-werod
Very sweet
Entry preview:
Very sweet Hwylc manna þurhwerodum (dulcibus; perhaps þurh is an error of the scribe brought about by the þurh of the following word) þurhbrýcþ mettum búton swæcce sealtes, Wrt. Voc. i. 9, 21
weoðo-bend
Similar entry: wiþo-bend
weoc-steall
This might be a link to, a part of or a variant of another entry.