wír
myrtle
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myrtle Uuír, uuýr myrtus, Txts. 79, 1356. Wír, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 51: ii. 55, 83. Ele on ðam ðe wǽre wír gesoden, Lchdm. ii. 70, 15. Genim wír, 86, 7
Linked entry: ge-wíred
wíg
wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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will, pleasure Se cyng geseah ðæt hé nán þincg his willes ðǽr geforðian ne mihte the king saw that he could carry out nothing of his purpose Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 6. Hé nolde his willes ( of his own accord ) heora geférrǽdene forlǽtan, Homl. Th. ii. 334
weód
A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed
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A useless or injurious plant, a weed Æceres weód, ðæt ðe bið on ofen ásend faenum agri, quod in clibanum mittitur Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Hwonan hæfð hit ðæt weód (zizania) ? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 27. Is áwriten ðæt hé séwe ðæt weód on ða gódan ǽceras Past. 47
weor
bad
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bad
weód
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Wið cneówærce genim weóde wísan Lchdm. iii. 16, 16
a-wóc
awoke ⬩ arose
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awoke, arose,Gen. 9, 24;
tung-wód
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Tongue-mad, violent in speech Uppstige sandfull on fótum forealdudes swá wíf tungwód menn stillum ascensus arenosus in pedibus ueterani, sic mulier linguata homini quieto, Scint. 223, 13
wóh-bogen
Bent ⬩ crooked
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Bent, crooked Wyrm wóhbogen the crooked (cf. Job 26, 13) serpent, Beo. Th. 5646; B. 2827
wóh-georn
Loving iniquity
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Loving iniquity Ða wóhgeornan woruldrícan mid heora ungestreónum forweorðaþ, Wulfst. 183, 8
wód-lic
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He funde fíf mǽdena, wlitige and rance, . . . and hét ꝥ hí áwendon mid heora wódlican plegan his geþanc fram Críste, Hml. S. jis, 53 : 65. Add
wód-líce
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Hí gebundon þone bisceop . . . and beóton hine wódlíce, Hml. S. 22, 156. Þeáh þe heora hláford wǽre wódlíce hǽðen, 28, 16. Add
wól-berende
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Se wólberenda drync ille pestifer potus, Gr. D. 104, 31. Add
á-wóh
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Beorge ꝥ hé áwóh ne befó, Ll. Th. i. 290, 8. Add
wacan
To wake ⬩ to come into being ⬩ be born ⬩ spring
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Ǽr him sunu wóce, 70, 25; Gen. 1158
wadan
To go ⬩ pass ⬩ proceed.
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Ic wód ofer waþema gebind, Exon. Th. 287, 34; Wand. 24. Wægn ne be grunde wód, 404, 29; Rä. 23, 15. Hit ofer eall wód and eode, Nar. 15, 22. Ðæt feórðe cyn wód on wǽgstreám, Cd. Th. 197, 22; Exod. 311. Hé wód þurh ðone wælréc, Beo.
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wei lá wei
Similar entry: weg
Iringes weg
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via secta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 123, 50. v. Grmm. D. M. 332
weg lá
interjection
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interjection Weg lá, weg lá euge, euge. Ps. Th. 69, 4. Weg lá weg ł wá lá wá ł eálá, eálá euge, euge, Ps. Lamb. 39, 16. Wí lá wei (wei lá wei, Cote. MS.), Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 170, 12