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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
wẹ̄d(e
n.(1)
Additional spellings:
wede
85 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) An uncultivated, usu. undesirable, plant, a weed; also, a wild aquatic plant [quot. c1450] (b)
fig.
and in
fig.
context, applied to other undesirable things: a person of bad stock or noxious…
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mug-wẹ̄d
n.
Additional spellings:
mugwed
9 quotations in 1 sense
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= mug-wort
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