Search Constraints

Etymology were Remove constraint Etymology: were
Number of results to display per page

Search Results

1. diswēre n.

9 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Doubt, uncertainty, perplexity; in a diswere, ?without positive knowledge, as a surmise; (b) withouten diswere, without doubt, assuredly; -- often as mere padding in a line of verse.

2. wer n.(2)

3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
= wer-geld n.

3. wīr n.(2)

26 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) In combs.: wir tre [OE wīr-trēow], myrtle; wir treen [OE wīr-trēowen], derived from the myrtle tree; (b) in surnames and place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.270].

4. wer-wǒlf n.

Additional spellings: werwolf
8 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A human being supernaturally transformed into a wolf, a lycanthrope; also, a man-eating wolf [quot. c1410]; also fig. [quots. ?a1450 & last].

5. wer-geld n.

Additional spellings: wergeld
2 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Law A sum of money established as the value of a free man, determined according to social rank and paid as compensation for the murder or injury of such a man.

6. hals n.

50 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) The neck; hongen bi the hals, to hang (sb.) with a rope around the neck; fro hals to croupoun, from neck to rump; hals gund [OE heals-gund], a neck tumor; also in asseveration: bi mi hals; (b) the…

7. sīringa n.(2)

1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
A musical pipe made from a reed.

8. commū̆n(e plāce phr.

Additional spellings: commun place
12 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) The Court of Common Pleas, a superior court sitting at Westminster for the trial of civil actions between subjects; (b) a Roman establishment regarded as in some measure equivalent to an English…

9. quāken v.

249 quotations in 10 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) To tremble or shudder because of strong emotion, esp. fear, apprehension, or anger; -- also refl.; quaken togeder, transl. of L contremiscere; quaken and dideren (shaken), chiveren (tremlen) and

10. after- pref.

70 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
Verbal cpds.: (a) after- bending, the second bending, a bending back (of a bow); prob., the shaping process which gives the ends a curvature the reverse of that at the center; after- berende, bearing…

11. his pron.(3)

23 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
The singular feminine object of a verb, referring to: (a) a woman: her; (b) a female animal: her; (c) a thing, an action, an abstraction: it; hes, his, he it.

12. -āten verb suf.

1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Examples are: cre-aten, desol-aten, equ-aten, fortun-aten, moder-aten, separ-aten.

13. irī̆nen ppl.

1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Adorned.

14. intrātīve adj.

1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Of a medicine:?entering, penetrating.

15. wer(re n.

Additional spellings: werre
268 quotations in 9 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Large-scale military conflict between countries, peoples, rulers, etc. or between factions or forces within a single country, war, warfare;—also pl.; wer faringe, q.v.; open (pleine) wer, open…

16. witnen v.

25 quotations in 3 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) ?To bear witness on behalf of (sb.); (b) to provide legal written documentation (that sth. is so); also, give a legal account of (sth.); (c) to provide evidence of (sth.).

17. Sunamīte n.

5 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
An inhabitant of Shunem, a town in the land of Canaan; also as epithet for the Virgin Mary.

18. an- pref.(4)

1 quotation in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Examples: an-amelen, anclosen, an-egren, an-ointen, anjoinen, anvie.

19. onyẹ̄n prep.

21 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Towards (sb.), to meet (sb.); (b) in front of (sb.), before, facing; (c) against (sb. or sth.), contrary to, in opposition to; (d) in anticipation of (sb. or sth.), in preparation for; (e) in…

20. toren-eȝe adj.

Additional spellings: toreneȝe
4 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
(a) Bleary-eyed; also, of the eyes: bleared; (b) as noun phrase: ?bleariness or rheuminess of the eyes; ?bleary eyes.