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wæ-acute;lan; p. de To vex, torment, afflict :-- Ðæt hý his líchoman leng ne móstan wítum wæ-acute;lan. Exon. Th. 127, 34; Gú. 396. Dogter mín is yfle from deófle wæ-acute;led filia mea male a daemonio vexatur. Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 22. Hé is yfle wæ-acute;lid male torquetur, 8, 6. [Cf. Icel. veill diseased, ailing; veilindi disease.] v. á-, be-, ge-wæ-acute;lan.
Wæ-acute;l-bed[d], es; n. The bed of the slain :-- Ic hine heardan clammum on wælbedde wríþan þóhte I had thought to bind him on the couch of the slain (i.e. to till him), Beo. Th. 1932; B. 964. Hwæt befealdest ðú folmum ðínum on wælbedd bróðor ðínne? Cd. Th. 62, 8; Gen. 1011, v. wæl-rest.
wæ-acute;l-ben[n], e; f. A wound inflicted by the sea, v. wæ-acute;l :-- Gársecg wédde ... egesan stódon, weóllon wæ-acute;lbenna (wæl- ?) (the reference is to the death of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 30; Exod. 491.
wæl-bend, e; f. A deadly, mortal band :-- Wæ-acute;lbende handgewriþene deathband hand-twisted (i.e. death at a person's hauds), Beo. Th. 3876; B. 1936. v. wæl-clamm.
wæl-bleát; adj. Causing mortal weakness, deadly, mortal :-- Benne, wunde wælbleáte, Beo. Th. 5443; B. 2725.
wæl-ceald; adj. Deadly cold :-- Hé him helle gescóp, wælcealde wíc (cf. Ðæ-acute;r (in hell) cymð forst fyrnum cald, Cd. Th. 20, 28; Gen 316), wintre beðeahte, Salm. Kmbl. 937; Sal. 468.
wæl-ceásiga, an; m. A chooser of the slain, a raven :-- Wonn wæl-ceásega, Cd. Th. 188, 6; Exod. 164. v. wæl-cyrige.
wæl-clam[m], es; m. A fatal bond :-- Forgif mé mennen ðe ðú áhreddest wera wælclommum (captivity in which they might have been slain ?), Cd. Th. 128, 17; Gen. 2128. v. wæl-bend.
wæl-cræft, es; m. A deadly power, power which causes death :-- Ðonne mín hláford wile láfe þicgan ðara ðe hé of lífe hét wælcræf[tum] áwrecan (of those whom he has ordered to be slain), Exon. Th. 498, 11; Rä. 87, 11.
wæl-cwealm, es; m. A death-pang, pain of violent death :-- Récas stígaþ ofer hrófum, hlin bið on eorþan, wælcwealm wera, Exon. Th. 381, 8; Rä. 2, 8.
wæl-cyrging, es; m. One that belongs to the race of the wælcyrgan :-- Gorgoneus, ðæt is wælkyrging (-cyrginc, v.l.), Nar. 35, 6.
weol-deáþ, es; m. A violent death :-- Hié wældeáð (death at Grendel's hands) fornam, Beo. Th. 1395; B. 695.
wæl-dreór, es; m. The blood of the slain :-- Wæter wældreóre fág, Beo. Th. 3267; B. 1631. Eorðe wældreóre (the blood of Abel) swealh of handum ðínum (Cain's), Cd. Th. 62, 19; Gen. 1016. Ic fylde mid folmum ordbanan Abeles, eordan sealde wældreór weres, 67, 9; Gen. 1098.
wæl-fæ-acute;hþ, e; f. Deadly feud, hostility that leads to slaying :-- Hé wælfæ-acute;hða dæ-acute;l, sæcca gesette. Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028.
wæl-fæðm, es; m. A deadly embrace :-- Brim wælfæðmum sweóp, fæ-acute;ge crungon (of the overwhelming of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 208, 9; Exod. 480.
wæl-fáh; adj. Deadly hostile (?) :-- Wælfágne winter (winter when the earth seems dead). Beo. Th. 2260; B. 1128.
wæl-feall, es; m. (?) The fall of the slain, destruction :-- Tó wælfealle and tó deáðcwalum Deniga leódum, Beo. Th. 3427; B. 1711. [Icel. val-fall; n; strages.] Cf. wæl-fill.
wæl-fel; adj. Cruel to the slain (?) or very cruel. Cf. wæl-hreów :-- Hræfen uppe gól, wan and wælfel, Elen. Kmbl. 105; El. 53.
wæl-feld, es; m. The field of the slain, the battle-field :-- Hí on wælfelda plegodan, Chr. 937 ; Erl. 114, 17.
wæl-fill, es; m. Slaughter, carnage :-- Wælfill cedes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 67. Wælfyl statis (stragis, v. Ald. 173, 3), 93, 52. Hér micel wælfill wæs æt Wóddesbeorge (Wódnes-, MS. E.), Chr. 592; Erl. 18, 30. Blódgyte, wællfyll weres, morð mid mundum. Cd. Th. 92, 11; Gen. 1527. Heó underbæc beseah wið ðæs wælfylles (the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah). 154, 29; Gen. 2563.
wæl-fús; adj. Ready to be slain; referring to Beowulf before the fight in which he was mortally wounded :-- Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, wyrd ungemete neáh, se sceolde sécean sáwle hord, sundur gedæ-acute;lan líf wið líce, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420.
wæl-fyll, e: -fyllu(-o); indecl. f. Abundance of slain :-- Grendel on reste genam þrítig þegna; ðanon eft gewát tó hám faran mid ðære wæl-fylle. Beo. Th. 250; B. 125.
wæl-fýr, es; n. I. a fire that, slays, deadly fire :-- Beorges weard (the fire-drake) wearp wælfýre, wíde sprungon hilde leóman, Beo. Th. 5157; B. 2582. II. a fire that burns the slain, a funeral pile :-- Hét Hildeburh hire selfre suna on bæ-acute;l dón ... wand tó wolcnum wælfýra mæ-acute;st, Beo. Th. 2243; B. 1119.
wæl-gæst (-gæ-acute;st?), es; m. A deadly guest (spirit?), a murderous guest :-- Wælgaest (Grendel), Beo. Th. 3994; B. 1995: (Grendel's mother), 2666; B. 1331.
wæl-gár, es; m. A deadly spear :-- Wælgár slíteþ, Exon. Th. 354, 46; Reim. 61. Ðæ-acute;r wæs heard plega, wælgára wrixl, wígcyrm micel, Cd. Th. 120, 5; Gen. 1990.
wæl-gífre; adj. I. eager to slay, (a) of persons :-- Ðá com hæleða þreát (those who wished to kill St. Andrew) wadan wælgífre, Andr. Kmbl. 2543; An. 1273. Deáð, wiga wælgífre, Exon. Th. 231, 8; Ph. 486: 162, 7; Gú. 972. (b) of things :-- Wæ-acute;pen wælgífru, Exon. Th. 292, 16; Wand. 100. II. eager to prey on the dead :-- Se græ-acute;ga mæ-acute;w wælgífre wand. Andr. Kmbl. 743; An. 372. Se wanna hrefn, wælgífre fugel, Judth. Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 207. Wulfum tó willan, and eác wælgíftum fuglum tó frófre, 25, 37; Jud. 296. v. wæl-græ-acute;dig.
wæl-gim[m], es; m. The word seems to be an epithet for the sheath of a sword, which is called in the riddle the sword's byrne :-- Byrne is mín (a sword's) bleófág, swylce beorht seomað (-d, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, ðe mé waldend geaf, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4.
wæl-græ-acute;dig; adj. Greedy for the slain (an epithet of cannibals) :-- Hæfdon hié áwriten wælgræ-acute;dige wera endestæf, hwænne hié tó móse meteþearfendum weorðan sceoldon, Andr. Kmbl. 269; An. 135. v. wæl-gífre.
wæl-grim[m]; adj. Cruel, destructive :-- Wælgrim, unhére funestus, crudelis, perniciosus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 63: violentus, Germ. 399, 467. (1) of living things, bloodthirsty, cruel :-- Hwæt standest ðú (the devil) wælgrim (the MS. breaks off here) ... ? quid adstas cruenda bestia ? Blickl. Homl. 227, 26. Wælgrim wiga, Exon. Th. 396, 21; Rä. 16, 8. Heó wæs æ-acute;ryst hæ-acute;ðen and wælgrim, Shrn. 139, 5. Ðone Iacóbum se wælgrimma hyrde (Herod) ácwealde mid sweorde, 108, 23. Hí wælgrimme wyrmas slítaþ, Wulfst. 139, 10: Dóm. L. 210. (2) of other than living things, cruel, dire, destructive :-- Hunger se hearda, wælgrim werum, Cd. Th. 109, 1; Gen. 1816. Níð wæs réðe, wællgrim werum, 83, 23; Gen. 1384. Hé geseah wíde fleógan wælgrimme réc (the smoke from the burning cities of the plain), 155, 26; Gen. 2578. Wælgrimme wyrd (the fall of man), 61, 12; Gen. 996. Ðé sind heardlícu, wundrum wælgrim (wel-, MS.) wítu geteohhad, Exon. Th. 258, 12; Jul. 264. Gefyistan of ðám wælgrimmum. tintregum, L.E.I. proem.; Th. ii. 396, 4. Þolian wælgrim wítu, Andr. Kmbl. 2829; An. 1417. Wæs ðis gefeoht waelgrimre and strengre eallum ðám æ-acute;rgedónum strages cunctis crudeliores prioribus, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 24. Cf. wæl-hreów.
wæl-grimlíce; adv. With the utmost bitterness :-- Hí wæ-acute;lgrimlíce gefuhton. Ðæ-acute;r wæs se mæ-acute;sta blódgyte on æ-acute;gðere healfe, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 31.
wæl-gryre, es; m. The terror that comes from danger of falling in battle :-- On fyrd hyra (the Israelites) fæ-acute;rspell (the tidings of the approach of the Egyptian army) becwom; egsan stódan. wælgryre weroda, Cd. Th. 186, 11; Exod. 137.
wæl-here, (ig)es; m. A slaughtering host :-- Fóron tósomne wráðe wælherigas, Cd. Th. 119, 21; Gen. 1983.

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