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wightly, adv. arch. and dial. (ˈwaɪtlɪ) Forms: see wight a. [f. wight a. + -ly2.] 1. Bravely, boldly, valiantly, ‘stoutly’; strongly, vigorously, forcibly, powerfully, energetically.a 1300 Cursor M. 7642 Wit þat vnled son dauid mete, And wightli wan o þam his dete. a 1340 Hampole Psalter vi. 10 Thai...
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witly
† ˈwitly, adv. Obs. Also 5 wittle. (Of doubtful authenticity; in some instances perh. a spelling of wittely wittily, in others of wihtly wightly.)c 1350 Will. Palerne 259 Þe child witly þanne wende wiþ⁓oute ani more. c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 275 Siþ þis martirdoom of Crist was so swete bifore God...
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wighty
wighty, a. Obs. exc. dial. (ˈwaɪtɪ) [f. wight a. + -y1 2.] = wight a.14.. Langl. P. Pl. C. xvi. 172 (MS. E) Al þe wytt of þis worlde ne wyȝty mennes strengþe Can noȝt performe a pes of þe pope. c 1475 Partenay 4704 Gaffray tombled there. Anon releuing in wighty manere. 16.. Adam O Gordon 124 in Pink...
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derere
† deˈrere, adv. Obs. [a. OF. deriere, now derrière, behind = Pr. dereire, It. dietro, drieto:—late pop. L. de-retro ‘from backwards’.] Behind.c 1386 Chaucer Reeve's T. 181 (Harl.) This seely clerkes ronnen vp and doun, Wiþ keep, keep, stand, stand, Iossa, ware derere, Ga wightly þou and I sal keep h...
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unweeting
▪ I. † unˈweeting, vbl. n. Obs.—1 [un-1 12.] Ignorance.14.. Wycliffite Bible Acts iii. 17 (New Coll. MS. 67), Now, breþeren, I woot þat bi þe vnwetinge [L. per ignorantiam] ȝe diden.▪ II. unˈweeting, ppl. a. Now arch. [un-1 10, 5 d. Cf. MDu. onwetende (Du. onwetend), MLG. unwetende, Sw. ovetande, an...
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wende
▪ I. wend, v.1 (wɛnd) pa. tense and pa. pple. wended (ˈwɛndɪd). Forms: inf. α. 1 wendan (North. wœnda), 2 wænden (wanden), 3–4 wenden (3 Orm. wendenn), 5 wendyn, Sc. wendin; 3–6 wende (4 whende), 4–5 north. and Sc. vend, 4– wend; 3 sing. pres. 1–4 went (2 want); β. 3 wiende, 4–5 weende, north. and S...
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withdraw
▪ I. withdraw, n. rare. [f. withdraw v.] Withdrawal, removal; spec. = withdraught 1 b.1444 Maldon (Essex) Docts. liber ‘A’ lf. 32b (MS.) For a defaute, or a withdrawe of courte, a freman shall be amerced at iii d. 1693 C. Mather Wonders Invis. World 64 One of these Witnesses was over-perswaded by so...
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wap
▪ I. wap, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. Also 4–5 wappe. [Belongs to wap v.1] 1. A blow, knock, thump.c 1400 Destr. Troy 6405 Ector for þat od dynt, ournyt in hert, Wode for the wap, as a wild lyon. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 9338 On smytes his felawe thorow the pap, And he ȝeues him a sori wap. 15.. Christ's Kirk x...
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wale
▪ I. wale, n.1 (weɪl) Forms: 1 walu, 5–6 Sc. waill, 6–7 waile, 7 wayle, (waale, wael, weale), 6 Sc., 8–9 wail, (6 Sc. vale), 8–9 whale; 5 walle, 6–8 wall; 4– wale. [OE. walu str. fem. (also wk. pl. walan), mark of a lash, weal; also, in charters, used as a topographical term, perh. ridge, bank (of s...
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warp
▪ I. warp, n.1 (wɔːp) Also 1 wearp, (4 werpe, worp), 4–7 warpe. [OE. wearp warp in weaving (also used to gloss L. vīmen osier-twig), corresponds to OLG. warp (MLG. warp, warpe), OHG. warf, warph, waraf (MHG., early mod.G. warf) warp in weaving, ON. varp neut., cast of a net, a laying of eggs (Sw. va...
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no'te
▪ I. note, n.1 Obs. exc. north. dial. Forms: 1 notu, (1) 2–5, 9 note, 5 noote; 4–5 not, 4 notte, 5 nott; 5 noytt, 5, 7 noyt, 9 noit. [OE. notu fem. = MDu. note (cf. MDu. not, ON. not neut.), f. the weak grade of the series neut-, naut-, nut-: see nait n. and v.1, neat n., and nowt. In later ME. the ...
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wait
▪ I. wait, n. (weɪt) Forms: 3–7 wayte, waite, (5 wayet, whayte), 4–7 wayt, 4, 7 weyte, (6 weytte, wette), 5–6 wate, (5 watte), 6 waytte (waitte, wayght, weyght, wyethe, whet), 7 waight, (weight), 4– wait. [Partly a. ONF. *wait, wet masc. (= OF. guait, gait, guet, mod.F. guet, Pr. gach, gait), vbl. n...
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win
▪ I. win, n.1 (wɪn) Forms: 1–3 winn, (3 pl. wunnen), 4–5 winne, wynne, wyn(e, 3– win. [OE. win(n) labour, strife, conflict (cf. MG. win), more frequently ᵹewinn: see i-win n. The modern senses are from win v.1] I. † 1. Strife, contention, conflict; tumult, disturbance, agitation. Obs.a 1000 Cædmon's...
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rate
▪ I. rate, n.1 (reɪt) Also 5–6 Sc. rait, 6 ratte, rayt, 7 reat, (9 dial. raate). [a. OF. rate, (raite, ratte, etc., see Godef.), ad. med.L. rata (from L. pro ratā parte, portiōne, also pro ratā pro rata), fem. of ratus, pa. pple. of rērī to think, judge: see ratio n.] I. † 1. a. The (total) computed...
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