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1. wei interj.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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Ah, oh, alas;—sometimes with that clause expressing the ground of the complaint. …

2. mid-wei n.

Additional spellings: midwei
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The midpoint in space or time; i mid-wei, halfway (between two dates); in (the) mid-wei, halfway between, halfway between top and bottom; at the halfway point in a journey, etc; also, en route; on……

3. wei-nest n.

Additional spellings: weinest
1 quotation in 1 sense
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?Something donated to a monastery on behalf of an oblate [with 2nd occurrence prob. from misunderstanding of the L]. …

4. wei-brēd(e n.

Additional spellings: weibred, wei-brede, weibrede
34 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A plant of the plantain family (Plantaginaceae), prob. great plantain (Plantago maior); ?also, hoary plantain (P. media) (b) the leaves or other parts of the plantain used medicinally, or as an……

5. awei adv.

184 quotations in 9 senses
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(a) From a place, out, away, to a distance, at a distance; also fig.; (b) out of existence; bernen awei, to burn up; don awei, to put an end to (sth.), stop, destroy; driven the dai awei, to pass the……

6. wei-fẹ̄ring(e ppl.

Additional spellings: weifering, wei-feringe, weiferinge
15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Engaged in travel, itinerant; vagrant; wei-fering man, a traveler; a transient, a vagrant; also in fig. context; also, fig. one who lives in this world as a pilgrim, regarding earthly life as a……

7. onwei adv.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Out of existence; (b) bringen onwei, to bring (sb.) away from a place, lead out; faren onwei, go away, depart. …

8. wei n.(2)

45 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) A variable unit of quantity for commodities sold by weight; a standard measure (of cheese, coal, salt, etc.); the wei, per unit (b) ?a unit of weight equal to a pound; (c) ?the process of……

9. ei(e)s-wei(e)s adverbial phr., adv.

Additional spellings: eiesweies, eis-weis, eisweis, eies-weis, eiesweis, eis-weies, eisweies
3 quotations in 1 sense
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In any way or manner. …

10. wā̆ter-wei n.

Additional spellings: waterwei
4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A watercourse, stream; (b) a channel or perh. a conduit for the passage of water; (c) a navigable body of water; bi water-wei, by ship [cp. water n. 2a.(d)]. …

11. wei-fāre n.

Additional spellings: weifare
1 quotation in 1 sense
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A course of movement or travel, passage. …

12. wei-wort n.

Additional spellings: weiwort
5 quotations in 1 sense
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A plant, perh. burnet saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga; ?also, variously and indistinguishably, scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis or great burnet Sanguisorba officinalis; ?also, one of the saxifrages……

13. sīdeling adj.

2 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Located on the side; (b) sideling to, not directly concerned with (sth.), tangential to. …

14. lọ̄ker(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: lokere
21 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) One engaged in looking, a looker; loker abouten, one who is all-seeing; loker oute, one who divines by looking at entrails; loker upon, one who looks at something; sotil loker, one who uses his……

15. wei-lā̆-wei interj.

Additional spellings: weilawei
101 quotations in 3 senses
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An exclamation expressive of grief, dismay, or regret: (a) alas, woe; oh; wei-la-wei and alas, alas and wei-la-wei;—freq. used in direct speech; crien (seien, etc.) wei-la-wei (b) with hou or that……

16. wei-lēte n.

Additional spellings: weilete
15 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A place where two or more roads meet, junction; also, a street, byway; bi wei and bi wei-lete, here, there, and everywhere; (b) in surnames and place name. …

17. wei-fāring(e ppl.

Additional spellings: weifaring, wei-faringe, weifaringe
13 quotations in 1 sense
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Engaged in travel or journeying, itinerant; wei-faring man, a traveler, esp. one who goes on foot; also, a vagrant, brief sojourner, an exile; also in fig. context. …

18. sīdeling(e adv.

Additional spellings: sidelinge
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Sideways, obliquely; to or from the side. …

19. Nor-wei(e n.(2)

Additional spellings: Norwei, Nor-weie, Norweie
12 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A Norwegian; (b) as surname. …

20. wei-lā̆ interj.

Additional spellings: weila
25 quotations in 2 senses
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An exclamation expressive of grief, dismay, or regret (a) alas, woe; ah; also, in comb.: a wei-la; wei-la the reuthe, alas the pity, oh the pity of it; (b) with clause, introduced by as, hou, that,……

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