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wæd

(n.)
Grammar
wæd, es; n.
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Wé on sǽbáte ofer waruðgewinn wada cunnedon faroðrídende, 878; An. 439: Beo. Th. 1021; B. 508. Ðonne ic (a swan) wado dréfe when I trouble the waters (i.e. swim), Exon. Th. 389, 24; Rä. 8, 2

Linked entries: ge-wæd wæð

síd-weg

(n.)
Grammar
síd-weg, es ; m.
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Cf. wíd-weg

wǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wǽd, e; f.: wǽde, es; n.
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In wéde ( vestimentum) ald ... from wéde (vestimento ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 16. Gehrán woede (wédum, Rush.) his tetigit uestimentum ejus, Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 27. Ungigearuad woede gímungalícum non vestitum veste nuptiali, Rtl. 108, 1.

wearm

(adj.)
Grammar
wearm, adj.
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Wedercondel wearm the sun, Exon. Th. 210, 17; Ph. 187: 179, 25; Gú. 1267. Sié lyft is ǽgðer ge ceald ge wǽt ge wearm, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 36. On sumera hit biþ wearm, 21; Fox 74, 23: Exon. Th. 340, 19; Gn. Ex. 113. Wearm weder, 198, 30; Ph. 18.

wara

(n.)
Grammar
wara, an; m.
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The word is used mostly in the plural, and as the second part of compounds ; but the singular in composition is found in ceaster-weara civis, Bd. 3, 22; S. 552, 32 (cf. ceaster-gewara civis, Ælfc.

Linked entry: -waru

waru

(n.)
Grammar
waru, e (but acc. waru, Ps. Th. 118, 17) ; f.
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Hié ealle ongeán hiene wǽron feohtende and ðone weg létan bútan ware (they left the road unguarded), ðæt seó fierd þǽr þurhfór in se omnes pugnando convertit, donec exercitus angustias transiret, Ors. 4, 6 ; Swt. 172, 22.

Linked entry: wer-genga

a-werd

(n.; part.)
Grammar
a-werd, es; m.

A spoiled or worthless fellow ⬩ vappa

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A spoiled or worthless fellow; vappa,Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 56, 113; Wrt. Voc. 18, 61

æ-wén

Grammar
æ-wén, l.
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ǽ-wéne

efen-wel

(adv.)

even, well, equally ⬩ æque, sĭmĭlĭter

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even, well, equally; æque, sĭmĭlĭter, Off. Regum 10, Lye

Linked entry: wel

a-web

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

The cross threads in weaving ⬩ called the woof or weft ⬩ subtegmen

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The cross threads in weaving, called the woof or weft; subtegmen, Cot. 161

flód-weg

(n.)
Grammar
flód-weg, es; m.

A flood-way ⬩ watery way ⬩ the sea ⬩ mărīna via ⬩ măre

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A flood-way, watery way, the sea; mărīna via, măre Sǽmen fóron flódwege the seamen went on the sea, Cd. 147; Th. 184, 12; Exod. 106. Fór flódwegas went the watery ways, Exon. 109b; Th. 418, 2; Rä. 37, 9: 82a; Th. 309, 4; Seef. 52

wel-gecwémness

(n.)
Grammar
wel-gecwémness, e; f.
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Well-pleasingness, good pleasure Inwelgccuoemnise ( beneplacito ) áncendes bearnes ðínes, Rtl. 174, 33: 173, 25

Linked entry: ge-cwémnes

wel-þungen

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-þungen, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Well-thriven, able, good, proficient, excellent Hygd wæs swíðe geong, wís, welþungen, Beo. Th. 3858; B. 1927: Menol. Fox 309; Men. 156

Linked entries: -þungen wel-geþungen

wen-sealf

(n.)
Grammar
wen-sealf, e ; f.
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A salve for wens Wensealf, Lchdm. ii. 128, 13, 19. Ðás wyrta sceolon tó wensealfe, i. 382, 15 : ii. 128, 6:12, 19

sǽ-wár

(n.)
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sea-weed Sǽwaar alga, Wrt. Voc. i. 31, 35. Cf. waar alga, ii. 99, 29. See E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names. s. v. waur

Linked entry: wár

horu-weg

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Cf. tó horgan wege, 245, 25

wel-dónde

(adj.)
Grammar
wel-dónde, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Doing well, acting rightly Hú se reccere sceal bión ðǽm weldóndum monnum for eáðmódnesse geféra ut sit rector bene agentibus per humilitatem socius, Past. 17; Swt. 107, 5

weg-leást

(n.)
Grammar
weg-leást, e; f.
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Want of road Dwelian hé dyde hig on wegleáste and ná on wege errare fecit eos in invio et non in via, Ps. Spl. 106, 40. v. next word

fær-weg

(n.)
Grammar
fær-weg, es; m.
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A cart-road Andlang þǽre díc tó cnictes ferwege; of þám wege on ealdan stánwege, C. D. B. i. 417, 15. Ondlong heges on færweg, C. D. iii. 213, 1

-waru

(suffix)
Grammar
-waru, a form occurring only in compounds with a collective force, the inhabitants of a place. It is used with common nouns, v. burh-, ceaster-, eorþ-, hell-, heofon-, land-waru; and with proper names, native or foreign, e. g. Lunden-waru, Chr. 1016 ; Erl. 159, 22: Hierosolim-waru
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Hierosolyma, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 5 ; Sychem-ware Sicinorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 66

Linked entry: wara

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