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wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, es; m.
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Homl. 107, 11. ¶ in the plural the word seems sometimes to include women as well as men :-- Hé wolde for wera synnum eall áǽðan, Cd. Th. 77, 23; Gen. 1279. Folcdryht wera, sáwla gehwylce, Exon. Th. 66, 5; Cri. 1067. Wera endestæf (cf. Blickl.

Linked entry: wíf

torn-word

(n.)
Grammar
torn-word, es; n.

A word that causes distress or grief,a contemptuous, scornful word

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A word that causes distress or grief, a contemptuous, scornful word Hí mé hosp sprecaþ, tornworda fela, Exon. Th. 11, 17; Cri. 172

Linked entry: torn-wyrdan

wíd-gil

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gil, wíd-gill, -giel, -gel, and-gille; adj.
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Ic com brǽdre and wídgielra ðonne ðes wong gréna, 425, 4; Rä. 41, 51. Wídgelra, 426, 33; Rä. 41, 83

Linked entries: -gill -gal

wén

(n.)
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The word is also m. (or n. ?). add: estimation Nolde God ꝥ þá ðe his gódan weorc gesáwon wǽron ungelýfende be þám wéne þára ælmessena þæs diácones ( de eleemosynarum illius aestimatione), Gr. D. 331, 28.

wád-spitel

(n.)

a woad-spade,

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a woad-spade, Anglia ix. 263, 6

leóþ-word

(n.)
Grammar
leóþ-word, es; n.
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A word in a poem, Andr. Kmbl. 2975; An. 1490

leáfnes-word

(n.)
Grammar
leáfnes-word, es; n.
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A pass-word Ne gé leáfnesword gúðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson, B. 245

Linked entry: ge-leáfnes-word

weá

(n.)
Grammar
weá, an; m.

woe misery evil afflictiontroubleevilwickedness malice

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Th. 2417; B. 1206: 851; B. 423 Wyrd wóp wecceþ, heó weán hladeþ Salm. Kmbl. 874; Sal. 436. Eal sár and sace, hungor and þurst, wóp and hreám, and weána má ðonne ǽniges mannes gemet sý ðæt hié áríman mæge, Blickl. Homl. 61, 36.

Linked entries: wáwa weó

gilp-word

(n.)
Grammar
gilp-word, es; n.

A boastful worda boastvaunt

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Gylpword boastful words, Cd. 14; Th. 17, 23; Gen. 264: Beo. Th. 1355; B. 675: Byrht. Th. 139, 55; By. 274

lygen-word

(n.)
Grammar
lygen-word, es; n.

liefalsehood

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A lying word, lie, falsehood Mid ligenwordum, Cd. 33; Th. 43, 32; Gen. 699

husc-word

(n.)
Grammar
husc-word, es; n.
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An insulting, scornful word or speech Huscworde ongan ealdorsacerd hyspan, Andr. Kmbl. 1338 ; An. 669

sóþ-word

(n.)

a true word

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a true word Ic Gode sealmas singe, sóðword sprece, Ps. Th. 56, 9: 118, 93

wár

(n.)
Grammar
wár, I. sea-weed, waur (v. E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names, in which other forms are given, ware, woare, woore, ore : see also Jamieson's Dict.
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ware) Waar, uaar, uár alga, Txts. 39, 120. Wár. Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 46: i. 285, 12. sand, strand. Cf. sondhyllas alga, Txts. 39, 125 Streámas weorpaþ on stealc hleoþa stáne and sande, wáre ( or under I ?) and wǽge, Exon. Th. 382, 8; Rä. 3, 8. Wára sablonum

Linked entries: wároþ sǽ-wár waar

werod

(n.)
Grammar
werod, a band. v. weorod
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a band

Linked entry: ge-weredlǽht

werod

Grammar
werod, sweet. v. weorod sweet.

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wác

Grammar
wác, <b>; II.</b>
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Þá man talað wáce þe woldon for Godes ege georne riht lufian, Wlfst. 243, II. <b>II a.</b> of non-material things :--- III. add :-- Hé beleác hine on cwearterne and sende him bigleofan lytelne and wácne, 35, 38. Ðé is leófre on ðisum wácum

wadu

(n.)
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a drag-net Wade sagenę (Mt. 13, 47), An. Ox. 61, 15. [M. H. Ger. wate sagena (v. Angl. xxx. 528). Cf. Icel. vaðr a fishingline. (?)

wág

Grammar
wág, In 1. 4 for brýden l. bryden. and see breden.
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Dele grund-, at end

wand

(n.)
Grammar
wand, a mole.
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Wand (printed pund) talpa, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 61. Add

wár

Grammar
wár, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Wárum algis, An. Ox. 23, 13. see note at An. Ox. 1818 on the forms and meaning of the instances given from Hpt. Gl