wád
Woad,
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Woad, a plant much used for dyeing, which circumstance may account for the appearance of the word as a gloss to some of the following Latin words Ðis wád hic sandyx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 69; Zup. 72, 14. Wyrt oððe wád sandix (the passage to which this gloss
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wæg
a way
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a way
wǽr
True
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True Ic gelýfe ðæt hit from Gode cóme, bróht from his bysene, ðæs mé ðes boda sægde wǽrum wordum, Cd. Th. 42, 31; Gen. 681
wamb
a belly, stomach ⬩ a womb ⬩ a hollow
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of living things, a belly, stomach Wamb venter, Wrt. Voc. i. 71, 21. Seó inre wamb alvus, 44, 38. Seó útre wamb venter, 45, 21. Gif sió wamb wund bið, Lchdm. ii. 162, 13. Is seó womb ( of the phenix) neoþan wundrum fæger, Exon. Th. 219, 14;Ph. 307. Be
wáh
Fine
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Fine Genim wáh mela hæsles oþþe alres, ásift ðonne ful clǽne tela micle hand fulle, Lchdm. ii. 270, 22
wál
(?) some part of a helmet
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(?) some part of a helmet Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067;B. 1031. [cf. M. H. Ger. wæl
webbe
A female weaver.
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A female weaver
wemm
a spot
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a spot Wið wemme (cf. 34, 9 which has wenne) on eágum Lchdm. ii. 2, 8. (?)
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wan
Want ⬩ lack
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Want, lack Ne byð mé nánes gódes wan nihil mihi deerit, Ps. Th. 22, 1. Hí habbaþ ǽghwæs genóh, nis him wihte won, Exon. Th. 352, 9; Sch. 95. On ðám ðingum ðe hí won hæfdon in eis quae minus habuerat, Bd. 5, 22 ; S. 644, 15
wer-bǽre
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Substitute: <b>wer-bǽr, e;</b> f. Pasture-land adjacent to a weir. Cf. C. D. i. 64, 10: vi. 134, 31-34 given under wer; II
wille-weg
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A road to a well Andlang d;íc on wylleweg; ðæt andlang wylleweges, C. D. v. 150, 12. Cf. well-weg
wamb
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Wé þis ne róhton; ac wé lufedon micle swíðor úra wamba fylnesse, Verc. Först. 123, 14. Add
an-weg
away ⬩ inde ⬩ exinde
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away; inde, exinde
beadu-wég
a war-cup ⬩ contest ⬩ discussion
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a war-cup, contest, discussion
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á-wér
anywhere ⬩ in any wise
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anywhere, in any wise, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 28; Met. 8, 14: Bt. 7, 3 ; Fox 20, 14