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WULFES-TÆ-acute;SL - WUNDOR
wulfes-tæ-acute;sl. v. tæ-acute;sl.
wulfheáfod-treów, es; n. A cross(?) :-- Ealle naman habbaþ ánne, wulfheáfedtreó, Exon. Th. 437, 23; Rä. 56, 12. Cf. wulf, I a and weargtreów (where add O. Sax. warag-treó a cross).
wulf-heort; adj. Wolf-hearted, cruel :-- Onwóc wulfheort, se æ-acute;r wíngál swæf, Babilone weard, Cd. Th. 223, 7; Dan. 116. Wulfheort cyning, 224, 12; Dan. 135: 231, 14; Dan. 247.
wulf-hliþ, es; n. A hill where the wolf has its den :-- Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ, wulfhleoþu, Beo. Th. 2720; B. 1358.
wulf-hol, es; n. A wolf's den :-- Uulfholu lupinare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 34. Wulfholu, 51, 13.
wulf-seáþ, es; m. A wolf-pit :-- Be eástan ðæm wulfseáðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 264, 5.
wull, e: wulle, an; f. Wool :-- Uul lana, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 44. Wul, i. 66, 29: 82, 7. Wull, ii. 51, 61. Unáwaxen wul lana sucida, 54, 6. Unáwæscen wul, i. 61, 8. Rammes wul (wull, v.l.), Lchdm. i. 356, 11. Ða loccas hire heáfdes wæ-acute;ron swá hwíte swá wull, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 177. Gá seó wæ-acute;ge wulle tó .cxx. p., L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 3. Wulle flýs lanam, Ps. Th. 147, 5. Ne wát ic mec beworhtne wulle flýsum (uullan fliúsum, Txts. 150, 3), Exon. Th. 417, 12; Rä. 36, 3. Hí beóð gegyrede gódre wulle, Ps. Th. 64, 14. Mid línene cláðe oððe mid eówocigre wulle, Lchdm. ii. 182, 5. Mid hnesce wulle oferwríðe ealle ða scearpan, 130, 10. Nim wæ-acute;te wulle, i. 312, 12: 362, 17: Ps. Surt. 147, 16. Wullan (? the MS. has wulla with a stroke after the a) lanam, Kent. Gl. 1135. Wulla lanas, Hpt. Gl. 524, 14. [Goth. wulla: O. H. Ger. wolla: Icel. ull.] v. wyll.
wull-camb, es; m. A wool-comb :-- Hé sceal fela towtóla habban,... wulcamb, Anglia ix. 263, 13. [O. H. Ger. wolla-champ tradula: Icel. ull-kambr.]
wull-fleós, -flýs, es; n. A fleece of wool :-- Wulflýs cana vellus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 17.
wull-hnoppa, an; m. Wool-nap, the wool on a fleece :-- Wullhnoppa (printed -knoppa; but cf. hnoppian vellere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 56: noppe detuberare, a noppe of clothe tuberus, Cath. Angl. 256) lanugo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 66.
wullian; p. ode To wipe with wool :-- Wið scurfum; rammes smeoru; and meng ðæ-acute;rtó sót and sealt and sand, and hyt wulla on weg, Lchdm. i. 356, 24.
wull-mod (-mód?) a distaff :-- Wulmod colus, Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 80: ii. 16, 32: colum, 25, 9: 134, 59. Uuilmod (wulf-) colus, Txts. 54, 306. [Cf. O. H. Ger. wolla-meit colus.] v. Anglia xix. 496.
wull-tewestre, an; f. A female wool-carder :-- Mæ-acute;den milde, wultewestre, Lchdm. iii. 188, 20. Mæ-acute;den græ-acute;dig, wulltewestre, 196, 2.
wulluc. v. weoloc.
wull-wæ-acute;ga; pl. f. Scales for weighing wool :-- Momentana lytle wæ-acute;ga, campana wulwæ-acute;ga, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 43.
wund (printed pund, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 61) talpa, Wülck. Gl. 279,11, read wand.
wund, e; f. A wound; vulnus, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 49. I. in a physical sense, (1) a wound, an injury caused by a blow :-- Sió wund, ðe him se eorðdraca geworhte, Beo. Th. 5416; B. 2711. Blódig wund, Andr. Kmbl. 2945; An. 1475: Exon. Th. 143, 33; Gú. 670. Hér sindon dolhsealfa tó eallum wundum ... Sceád on ða wunde ... Wiþ ealdre tóbrocenre wunde ... lácna swilce wunda. Tó wunde clæ-acute;nsunge ... smire ða wunde mid, ðonne fullaþ hió ... Wiþ innanwunde, Lchdm. ii. 90, 23-92, 21. Wæs se cyning gehæ-acute;led fram ðære wunde ðe him æ-acute;r gedón wæs (a vulnere sibi pridem inflicto), Bd. 2, 9; S. 512, 1. Sylle wunde wið wunde reddat vulnus pro vulnere, Ex. 21, 25. Wícing ðe him ða wunde forgeaf, Byrht. Th. 135, 57; By. 139. Hé ofer benne spræc, wunde wælbleáte, Beo. Th. 5443; B. 2725. Wundum áwyrded, Beo. Th. 2230; B. 1113. Wundum wérge, 5866; B. 2937. Se wídfloga wundum stille hreás, 5653; B. 2830. Wundum sweltan, Byrht. Th. 140, 25; By. 293. Wæ-acute;pna wundum, Exon. Th. 119, 15; Gú. 255. Ða ealdan wunde and ða openan dolg on hyra Dryhtne, 68, 23; Cri. 1108. Swátge wunde, 89, 19; Cri. 1459. Hé wráð his wunda (wundo uulnera, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 10, 34. (2) a sore caused by disease. v. wundig, wundiht :-- Gif wambe bið oninnan wund, Lchdm. ii. 220, 3. Hé (the itch) wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 20. Se deófol slóh Iób mid ðære wyrstan wunde ... Iób sat eal on ánre wunde, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 25-28. Óðer wæs wæterseóc, óðer eall on wundum, ac hí wurdon gehæ-acute;lede fram heora untrumnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 145. Heó wæs swýðe unhál, and on eallum limum egeslíce wunda hæfde ... 'Ðú scealt underfón ðína wunda hæ-acute;le.' ... On hire líce næs gesýne áht ðæra sárra wunda, 7, 265-278. II. in a figurative sense :-- Feónda fæ-acute;rsearo, ðæt bið frécne wund, Exon. Th. 48, 12; Cri. 770. Ðæt wom æ-acute;rran wunde hæ-acute;lan, 81, 12; Cri. 1322. Wunde cicatrice, Hpt. Gl. 504, 35. Ic ofslóh wer on míne wunde (in vulnus meum), Gen. 4, 23. Gástes wunde sins, Ps. C. 51. Beóð wunde (wunda, Soul Kmbl. 177) onwrigene, ða ðe firenfulle men geworhton, Exon. Th. 372, 9; Seel. 89. Mínra wunda sár dolorem vulnerum meorum, Ps. Th. 68, 27. Synna wundum, Exon. Th. 263, 25; Jul. 355. Geseón on ussum sáwlum synna wunde, 80, 30; Cri. 1314. [O. Sax. wunda: O. Frs. wunde: O. H. Ger. wunta vulnus, ulcus, plaga: Icel. und.] v. cancor-, feorh-, in-, innan-, innoþ-, líc-, sweord-wund, and next word.
wund; adj. Wounded. I. in a physical sense, (1) of a wound inflicted. v. wund, I. I :-- Ða hwíle ðe hé wund wæs dum convalescit a vulnere, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 9. Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19. Wund wearð Wulfmæ-acute;r, wælreste geceás, Byrht. Th. 135, 4; By. 113. Se wyrm swefeþ sáre wund, Beo. Th. 5485; B. 2746: Apstls. Kmbl. 121; Ap. 61. Gewát him wund hæleð gangan, Fins. Th. 86; Fin. 43. Geddung ðæs wundes parabolam vulnerati, Lk. Skt. p. 6, 19. Wundum dryhtne, heaðosiócum, Beo. Th. 5500; B. 2753. (1 a) where the place of the wound is given :-- Gif mon bið on eaxle wund (gewunded, v.l.), L. Alf. pol. 53; Th. i. 94, 22. On breóstum wund, Byrht. Th. 136, 1; By. 144. Wund on óþran earme brachio saucius, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 2. Wund þurh óþer cneów transfixo femore, 4, 6; Swt. 180. 6. (1 b) where the instrument with which the wound is inflicted is given :-- Íserne wund, Exon. Th. 388, 2; Rä. 6, 1. Mín heáfod is searopíla wund, 497, 17; Rä. 87, 2. Mécum wunde, Beo. Th. 1135; B. 565: 2154; B. 1075. (2) of disease. v. wund, I. 2 :-- Dolhsealf wið lungenádle ... mid ðý sceal mon lácnian ðone man ðe biþ lungenne wund, Lchdm. ii. 92, 21. Be wambe coþum, and gif hió innan wund biþ hú ðæt mon ongitan mæge and gelácnian, 220, 1. II. figurative. v. wund, II :-- Hwider hweorfaþ wé hláfordleáse, synnum wunde, gif wé swícaþ ðé? Andr. Kmbl. 813; An. 407. [Goth. wunds: O. Sax. wund: O. H. Ger. wunt (in cpds.): Ger. wund.] v. dolg-, hrif-, þurh-wund.
wundel, e: wundle, an; f. A wound (lit. or fig.), sore :-- Gif hwylc læ-acute;wede man óðerne wundige, gebéte wið hine ða wunde (wundlan, wundlác, v.ll.), L. Ecg. P. iv. 22; Th. ii. 210, 25. Wið níwe wundela (wunda, v.1.), Lchdrn. i. 8, 14: 10, 9: 92, 21: 100, 1: 108, 19: 296, 6, 17. His sáule wundela (vulnera) gehæ-acute;lan, R. Ben. 72, 7. v. wyndle.
wunden-feax; adj. With plaited mane :-- Wicg wundenfeax, Beo. Th. 2804; B. 1400.
wunden-heals; adj. With twisted prow :-- Wudu wundenheals, Beo. Th. 601; B. 298.
wunden-locc; adj. With braided locks :-- Wíf wundenlocc, Exon. Th. 407, 26; Rä. 26, 11. Slóh wundenlocc (Judith) ðone feóndsceaþan, Judth. Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 103. Seó cneóris, wlanc, wundenlocc, 26, 13; Jud. 326.
wunden-mæ-acute;l; adj. Having curved markings, applied to a sword :-- Wearp wundenmæ-acute;l (wundel-, MS.), ðæt hit on eorðan læg, stíð and stýlecg, Beo. Th. 3066; B. 1531. Cf. hring-mæ-acute;l.
wundenness. v. ofer-wundenness.
wunden-stefna, an; m. A ship with curved prow :-- Wundenstefna gewaden hæfde, ðæt ða líðende land gesáwon, Beo. Th. 445; B. 220.
wunder. v. wundor.
wundian; p. ode To wound :-- Se ðe mann wundaþ and wyle hine ofsleán qui percusserit hominem volens occidere, Ex. 21, 12. Hé (the itch) wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 20. Beón hwílum wundiaþ, Fragm. Kmbl, 41; Leás. 22. Wæ-acute;penstræ-acute;las mé wundedon, Ps. Th. 56, 5. Indisce mýs úre feþerfót niétenu wundedon and monige for hiora wundum swultan, Nar. 16, 8. Gif hwylc læ-acute;wede man óðerne wundige, gebéte wið hine ða wunde, L. Ecg. P. iv. 22; Th. ii. 210, 24. Ða cwóman tó ðon ðæt hió woldon ús wundigan, Nar. 22, 17. Se cempa ongon Waldend wundian, Exon. Th. 260, 2; Jul. 291. Swelce hé nacodne hine selfne eówige tó wundigeanne his feóndum, Past. 38; Swt. 277, 17. Ungehéredre leoma tóslitnysse wundade (lacerati), Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 14. [Goth. ga-wundón: O. H. Ger. wuntón: Icel. undaðr wounded.] v. for-, ge-wundian; un-wundod.
wundig; adj. Ulcerous, full of sores :-- Wundie ulcerosos, Germ. 396, 267.
wundiht; adj. Ulcerous :-- Wundihtum ulcerosis, Germ. 396, 153.
wund-lác, es; n. A wound; see first passage under wundel.
wund-líc; adj. That inflicts wounds :-- Wundlícne uulnificum, Germ. 402, 51.
wundor, es; n. I. a wonder, (1) a circumstance or act that excites astonishment :-- Ðæt is wundor tó cweþanne mirum dictu, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 10: Beo. Th. 3453; B. 1724. Wundor mé ðincð eówer ðingræ-acute;den, Homl. Th. ii. 484, 14. Mé þincþ wundor, Blickl. Homl. 179, 13: 175, 13. Ðá wæs wundor micel, ðæt se wínsele wiðhæfde, Beo. Th. 1546; B. 771: Cd. Th. 37, 26; Gen. 595. Ðæt folc wusidraþ ðæs ðe hit seldost gesihþ, ðeáh hit læsse wundor sié, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 3. Ne þincþ ús ðæt nán wundor, Blickl. Homl. 33, 7. Ne þincþ mé ðæt wundur wuhte ðe læsse, Met. 20, 117. Ac nis ná wunder sed quid mirum? Hpt. Gl. 473, 44. Nis ðæt nán wundor, Bt. 31, 2; Fox 110, 9: Met. 17, 7. Næs ðæt nánþing wundor, ðæt Drihten wæ-acute;s ðam folce gram nec miranda indignatio in populum, Deut. 1, 37. Nis æ-acute;nig wundor, hú..., Exon. Th. 63, 7; Cri. 1016. Wundor wearð on wege; wæter wearð tó báne, 483, 9; Rä. 68, 3. Ðæt is wundres dæ-acute;l, ðam ðe swylc ne conn, hú..., 472, 3; Rä. 61, 10. Ic ðæt wundor gefrægn, ðæt se wyrm forswealg wera gied sumes, 432, 7; Rä. 48, 2. Ne ic on mægene miclum gange, ne wundor ofer mé wuniaþ æ-acute;nig neque ambulavi in magnis, neque in mirabilibus super me, Ps. Th. 130, 2. Ðæ-acute;r bið wundra má, ðonne hit æ-acute;nig mæge áþencan, Exon. Th. 61, 24; Cri. 989. Ðæt wæs wundra sum, ðæt ðæt sweord gemealt íse gelícost, Beo. Th. 3219; B. 1607. (2) a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, a prodigy, portent :-- Gewurdon on Róme ða yfelan wundor obscoena et dira prodigia vel visa Romae vel nunciata sunt, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 17. Wundra &l-bar; forebeácna prodigia, Hpt. Gl. 488, 34. (3) of the works of Divine power, a wonder, miracle :-- For fyrwetgeornnesse ðæs wundres (the raising of Lazarus), Blickl. Homl. 69, 22. Á mæg God wyrcan wundor æfter wundre, Beo. Th. 1866; B. 931. Eal ðæt folc ðe ðis wundor (the giving sight to the blind man) geseah, Blickl. Homl. 15, 29. Ic bebeóde wundor geweorðan, Andr. Kmbl. 1459; An. 730: Cd. Th. 245, 31; Dan. 471: Elen. Kmbl. 2241; El. 1122. Gemunaþ hú hé mænig wundor geworhte mementote mirabilia ejus, quae fecit, Ps. Th. 104, 5. Mæ-acute;re synd his wundur ofer manna bearn mirabilia ejus filiis hominum, 106, 30. Swá fela wundra, swá wé gehýrdon gedóne on Cafarnaum, Lk. Skt. 4, 23. Ðis worhte fruma ðara wundra (uundra, Lind.) ðe Hæ-acute;lend hoc fecit initium signorum Jesus, Jn. Skt. Rush. 2, 11: Blickl. Homl. 105, 25: Andr. Kmbl. 1138; An. 569. Ðæt (the turning of Lot's wife into a pillar of salt) is wundra sum, ðara ðe geworhte wuldres Aldor, Cd. Th. 155, 14; Gen. 2572. On eallum mínum wundrum in cunctis mirabilibus meis, Ex. 3, 20. For ðínum wundrum a signis tuis, Ps. Th. 64, 8. Mænigu wundur hé geworhte, 77, 5. Wundor, Cd. Th. 246, 4; Dan. 474: Blickl. Homl. 17, 10. Wundru, Past. 16; Swt. 103, 13: Ps. Th. 87, 12: Ex. 12, 12. Wundro, Blickl. Homl. 81, 10. Uundra, Jn. Skt. Lind. 11, 47. (3 a) of supernatural power working through a human being, a miracle :-- Eft gelamp óþer wundor ðissum onlíc, Blickl. Homl. 219, 6. His (Oswald's) wundor wæ-acute;ron miclo, Shrn. 114, 5: Elen. Kmbl. 1650; El. 827. Synd ðás wundru (virtutes) gefremede on him, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 2. Wæs ðis ðara wundra æ-acute;rest ðe ðes eádiga wer geworhte, Blickl. Homl. 219, 2. Þurh ða wundor ðe heó geseah æt ðam bisceope, Shrn. 115, 6. Héhbiscopes micla wundra pontificis magnolia, Rtl. 77, 19. (4) a wonderful object, wondrous thing :-- Wén is ðæt hwilc wundor ineode on ðæt carcern and ða hyrdas ácwælde, Blickl. Homl. 239, 30. Heofonbeácen ... óðer wundor syllíc ... byrnende beám, Cd. Th. 184, 17; Exod. 108. Hwæt is ðæt wundor, ðæt geond ðás woruld fareþ? ... Yldo, Salm. Kmbl. 563; Sal. 281. Férdon folctogan wunder sceáwian, láþes lástas, Beo. Th. 1685; B. 840. Wundur, 6057; B. 3032: 6197; B. 3103. Hine wundra fela swencte on sunde, 3023; B. 1509. II. wonderful, miraculous power :-- Ðæs engles mægen and his wundor weorðod bið, Blickl. Homl. 209, 20. Heofenas andettaþ hú wundor ðín standeþ, Ps. Th. 88, 4. Mycel ys his wundur ofer manna bearn, 106, 20. Eal ðis wæs geworden tó ðon ðæt wé sceoldan úres Drihtnes wundor oncnáwan, Blickl. Homl. 71, 23. III. wonder, admiration :-- Þeóda wlítaþ, wundrum wafiaþ, hú seó wilgedryht wildne weorþiaþ, Exon. Th. 222, 1; Ph. 342. Ðysne wíg ðe ðú ðé tó wundrum (as the object of thy adoration? cf. Ðam gyldnan gylde ðe hé him tó gode geteóde, l. 19) teódest, Cd. Th. 228, 25; Den. 208. ¶ cases, with or without prepositions, used adverbially or adjectivally :-- Ðæt of ðé ácenned bið, ðæt bið on wundra (shall be a source of wonder) eallum folcum, Homl. Ass. 121, 138. Gé mec tó wundre (so as to excite wonder, wonderfully), wæ-acute;gan mótun, Exon. Th. 124, 21; Gú. 341: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 652. Wundrum monigo very many, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 7, 8. Wundrum lytel wonderfully little, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 21. Swýþe wundrum well, Lchdm. i. 80, 21. Wundrum fæger, Exon. Th. 214, 1; Ph. 232: 202, 1; Ph. 63. Wundrum gegierwed, 483, 8; Rä. 68, 2. Eallum wundrum ðrymlíc girwan up swæ-acute;sendo, Judth. Thw. 21, 7; Jud. 8. Hú woruld wæ-acute;re wundrum geteód, Cd. Th. 222, 28; Dan. 111. [O. Sax. wundar: O. H. Ger. wuntar mirum, prodigium, portentum, mirabile, miraculum, magnale, stupor: Icel. undr.] v. eall-, fæ-acute;r-, hand-, lyft-, mægen-, niþ-, searo-, sundor-, swegel-, þeód-wundor.