ellen-wód
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Me ðínes húses heard ellenwód æt zēlus dŏmus tuæ cŏmēdit me. Ps. Th. 68, 9
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worms-gemang
A mixture
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A mixture in which there is corrupt matter Wið ðæt man blód and worsmgemang (worsm gemang ?) hrǽce. Lchdm. i. 250, 7
wós
Moisture ⬩ juice
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Moisture, juice Ofetes wós ydromellum, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 43. Genim ðysse wyrte wós, Lchdm. i. 200, 15. Genim rosan wós, 214, 1. Genim leaf, wyl on wætere and wring ðæt wós (press 'he moisture out of the leaves'), 72, 8. Genim ðás wyrte, cnuca hý swá gréne
wód-scipe
Madness ⬩ fury
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Madness, fury Wódscipe furia, insania, amentia. Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 72
wór-hana
A pheasant
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A pheasant Wórhona, uuórhana, -hona fafianus, Txts. 61, 830. Wórhana, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 71: fusiaims, i. 280, 29: fursianus (fursianus is glossed by mórhana. Hpt. Zeit. 33, 240, 27), 62, 24
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wóþ-cræft
The art of poetry ⬩ song
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Ic wille wóðcræfte wordum cýþan bi ðam hwale, 360, 7 ; Wal. 2
bæc
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The word, which seems to occur only in lists of boundaries in charters (except in wíl-bec?), appears with varying gender and declension. bæc; m. In baka brycge; of baka brycge, C. D. iii. 386, 15.
wód-þrág
A mad fit ⬩ time ⬩ madness ⬩ fury
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A mad fit or time, madness, fury Weaxeþ ðære wrǽnnesse wódþrág (wód þrág? Similar entries v. þrág, II) micel, Met. 25, 41. Oft ða wÝdþrága ðæs ungewitfullan monnes se lǽce gestiíð and gehǽlð mid ðærn ðæt hé him ólecð æfter his ágnum willan . . . Ðonne
ellen-wód
Raging, furious ⬩ fŭriōsus
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Raging, furious; fŭriōsus Wæs ellenwód fæder wið déhter the father was furious with his daughter, Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 4; Jul. 140
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gehæft-world
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A world of captivity or bondage, the world before redemption through Christ Eálá Maria, eall þeós gehæftworld bídeþ þínre geþafunga; for þon þe God þé hafaþ tó gísle on middangearde geseted, and Adames gylt þurh þé sceal beón geþingod . . . þurh þé sceal
ge-worc
A work ⬩ factūra
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A work; factūra On geworce ðínum in factūra tua, Ps. Spl. 91, 4
wód-dreám
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The word glosses demonium Godas þeóda wóddreámas dii gentium demonia, Ps. Rdr. 95, 5. Cf. (?) wóden-dreám
wóm
Sound ⬩ noise
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Sound, noise Wunian ðone werigan sele, ðǽr is wóm and wóp wíde gehéred, and gristbítunge, and gnornunge mecga. Cd. Th. 285, 5 ; Sat. 333
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wóh
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Sume habbað swídne langne and swíðe rihtne weg; sume habbað swíðe scortne and þeáh wóne, Solil. H. 44, 9. Wóhe hornas curua aera, An. Ox. 50, 44. I a. rugged, uneven, rough :-- Wóge sméþiende hylcas asperas conplanans anfractus, An. Ox. 1770. Add
wól
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Add: n. In þám hláfe næs ná bemiþen ꝥ wól (pestis), Gr. D. 118, 10
wóp
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Mid singalum stefnum his wópa continues lamentorum vocitius, Gr. D. 215, 23. Add
wód-líc
Mad ⬩ furious ⬩ frantic
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Heó ne róhte his worda for ðæra wódlícan ontendnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 397. Se sceocca fordwán mid swíðlícum reáme, swá ðæt ða munecas wurdon áwrehte ðurh his wódlícan stemne, 6, 318