grund-wæg
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A foundation,' and add: Cf. eorþ-weg, fold-weg, mold-weg
a-web
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and add Áwebb subtegmen, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 22. Áweb subtimen, 282, 5
wǽt
wet, moisture ⬩ liquor, drink
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[Þis halwende wet (the blood of Jesus), O. E. Homl. i. 187, 31. Gifernesse deð þet mon to muchel nimeð on ete oðer on wete, 103, 7. Lokenn himm fra luffsumm æte and wæte, Orm. 7852.]
cyt-wér
A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap ⬩ kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos
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A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap; kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos On Sæuerne xxx cytwéras thirty 'cyt-wérs' on the Severn, Cod.
god-web
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A divine or very, precious web, purple cloth, excellently woven material Mid golde and mid godewæbbe gefrætewod auro et purpura compositum, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 32: HomL Th. i. 62, 26.
Linked entry: web
fisc-wér
a fishing-ground ⬩ captura
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Substitute: a weir for catching fish Fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12. a fishing-ground; captura: Lǽtað eówre nett on þone fiscwer laxa retia uestra in capturam (v. wer in Dict.), Lk. 5, 4
wen-spring
A mole
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A mole Wensprynga nevorum Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 50
wer-cyn
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Mankind World wendeþ . . . wercyn (wen-, MS.) gewíteþ, Exon. Th. 354, 45; Reim. 61. Cf. wer-þeód
ge-wén
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To make crooked (wóh) Depravat, i. maculat, confundit vel gewéþ flectat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 82. Ðone hió gewéde obuncabat (quem nefandis ulnarum gremiis procax obuncabat, Ald. 40, 11. Cf. obuncabat, i. reflectebat beclypte, gebígede, An. Ox. 2956), Angl
wel-dǽd
a good deed ⬩ a benefit ⬩ favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ an office ⬩ service
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Dó well on eallum ðínum lífe, and wé siððan æfter ðínum weldǽdum ðé eft genimaþ tó ús 346, 17: i. 414, 30: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 148. Wlitige gewyrtad mid hyra weldǽdum Exon. Th. 234, 21; Ph. 543.
wel-lícung
Well-pleasing
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Well-pleasing Wellícunga beneplaciti Ps. Spl. T. 68, 16
wel-fremming
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A well-doing, benefit, kindness Uelfremming beneficium Rtl. 187, 39
wíg-wǽgn
A war-chariot
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A war-chariot: — -Se kyningc Pharon hæfde syx hund wígwægna (curruum), Ors. I. 7 ; Swt. 38, 24, 35
wel-gecwémness
Well-pleasingness ⬩ good pleasure
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Well-pleasingness, good pleasure In welgccuoemnise (beneplacito) áncendes bearnes ðínes Rtl. 174, 33: 173, 25
Linked entry: ge-cwémnes
wel-dónness
Kindness ⬩ benignity
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Kindness, benignity Weldónnis benignitas Rtl. 13, 33
Linked entry: -dónness
wel-dónd
A benefactor
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A benefactor For weldóndum pro benefactoribus Anglia xiii. 370, 72: 394, 411. Weldóndan 384, 275. Fore weldóendum mínum Rtl. 125, 9
ó-web
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Woof Óweb vel áb (ób, Wülck. G1. 188, 12) trama vel subtemen, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 50: cladicla, ii. 139, 59. Ówef cladica, 104, 13 : 14, 43
weá-spell
A tale of woe
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A tale of woe Æfter weáspelle ( the news of Æschere's death ), Beo. Th. 2634; B. 1315
wel-fremness
A benefit
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A benefit Uelfremnisum beneficiis Rtl. 58, 31. Uelfremnisse beneficia 39, 19. Uoelfremnisse 73, 3: 77, 41