wil-gehléþa
A pleasant comrade
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A pleasant comrade Hwílum ic (a horn) tó hilde bonne wilgehléþan, Exon. Th. 395, 9; Rä. 15, 5
wín-geard
a vineyard ⬩ a place where vines grow ⬩ the vines growing in such a place ⬩ vinea ⬩ a place where other plants than vines grow ⬩ a vine ⬩ vitis ⬩ vinea
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a vineyard, a place where vines grow, the vines growing in such a place; vinea Hé út eode áhýrian wyrhtan on his wíngeard (-eard, v. l.)...Hé ásende hig on hys wíngeard (-eard, v. l. )... Ðá sǽde se wíngeardes (ðære wíngearde, Lind.) hlaford, Mt. Kmbl
Linked entries: wín-eard wíngeard-bóh
wíf-hád
womanhood
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womanhood Wé sprecaþ be ðære heofonlícan cwéne æfter wífháde we speak of the heavenly queen as woman, Homl. Th. i. 546, 14. II. female sex : — Wíf had femininum sexus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 19. Wífhádes man femina, i. 70, 18 : Homl. Th. ii. 10, 12: 94,
wír-rind
Myrtle-bark
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Myrtle-bark Tó háligre sealfe sceal wyirrind, Lchdm. iii. 24, 3. Nim wírrinde ii. 98, 8: 332, 8; iii. 14, 2
wír-treów
A myrtle-tree
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A myrtle-tree Wírtreów, myrtu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 83. Cnuca mid rosan wóse oððe wýrtreówes, Lchdm. i. 232, 12
Linked entry: wír
wír-treówen
myrtle-tree ⬩ myrtle
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myrtle-tree, myrtle Þweah mid wearmum wýrtrýwenum (-treówenum,v. l.) wóse, Lchdm. i. 236, 1
Linked entry: treówen
wís-bóc
A book ⬩ a record
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A book in which the slate of things is described, a record Eágan ðíne gesáwon ðæt ic wæs unfrom on ferhþe; eall ðæt forþ heonan on ðínum wísbócum áwriten standeþ, imperfectum meum viderunt oculi tui, et in libra tuo omnes scribentur, Ps. Th. 138, 14
wís-sefa
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A wise-minded person Him mæg wíssefa wyrda gehwylce gemetigian, gif hé bið módes gleáw, Salm. Kmbl. 877; Sal. 438
wit-leást
Senselessness ⬩ folly
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Senselessness, folly His (Job's) wífes witleást (gewitleást, Homl. Th. ii. 456, 4), Job. Thw. 167, 32
wír-hangra
A meadow where myrtles grow
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A meadow where myrtles grow Æt wírhangran Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 297, 18
wil-dæg
A welcome day
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A welcome day On ðam wildæge. Exon. Th. 29, 7 ; Cri. 459
wil-boda
A welcome messenger
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A welcome messenger Mec meahtig Meotudes þegn ( an angel ) gesóhte, and mé sára gehwylc gehǽlde, wuldres wilboda, Exon. Th. 176, 34; Gú. 1220. Cf. wil-spell
wil-cume
Welcome
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Welcome Wilcume evax Wrt. Voc. i. 61, 29. Wilcymo euge Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 23
wín-beger
A grape
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A grape Ðæt wínbeger uuam, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 44. Wínbegær uvas, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 16. Wíntrog, ðér monn tred ða wínbegera torcular Lind. 21, 33
Linked entry: beger
wil-síþ
A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey
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A desired journey, a wished for, welcome journey Eádga ús siges, wlitigan wilsíþes, Exon. Th. 2, 18; Cri. 21. Ðæs sǽs smyltnys eów blíþe on eówerne willsíþ hám forlǽteþ serenitas maris vos cupito itinere domum remittet, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 36. Gewát Matheus
wil-spell
Welcome news ⬩ glad tidings
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Welcome news, glad tidings Wæs him frófra mǽst æt ðam willspelle (the news of the finding of the cross), Elen. Kmbl. 1985; El. 994. Wilspella mǽst gesecgan, 1965; El. 984
wín-ærn
a place where wine is stored ⬩ a place where wine is sold and drunk ⬩ a tavern ⬩ a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting
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a place where wine is stored Wínæm apotheca, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 6.. Similar entries v. win-hús a place where wine is sold and drunk, a tavern Wínaern taberna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 3. Wínærn i. 290, 52. a hall where wine is drunk, where there is feasting
wín-beám
A vine-pole
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A vine-pole Wínbeám partica, Wrt. Voc. i. 290, 4 trabs uinee, Wülck. Gl. 245, 20
wín-cóle
A tub into which the juice pressed from the grapes runs
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A tub into which the juice pressed from the grapes runs Wínmere sive wíncóle lacus ubi frugum liquor decurrit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 13
wín-clyster
a bunch of grapes ⬩ a row of vines
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a bunch of grapes Wínclyster botrus, Scint. 154, 2. a row of vines Wínclystra antes, Engl. Stud. xi. 64, 3
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