Weall

m. I. a wall that is made, wall of a building, of a town, side of a cave:--Weal murus, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 35: Exon. Th. 281, 23; Jul. 650. Ofer wealles hróf super muros, Ps. Th. 54, 9. Wealles rihtungþréd perpendiculum, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 64. Seó heánnes ðæs walles (parietis), Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 31. Heora gewinnan tugan hí ádún of ðam wealle (de muris) . . . Hig ðá forlǽtan ðone wall (relicto muro), 1, 12; S. 481, 22. Andweorc tó wealle cimentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 85, 27. Tó wealle ad moenia, Kent. Gl. 287. Hé æfter recede wlát, hwearf be wealle, Beo. Th. 3150; B. 1573. Ofer mínre burge weall (murum), Ps. Th. 17, 28: Cd. Th. 101, 3; Gen. 1676: Judth. Thw. 23, 38; Jud. 161. Wið ðone weall murotenus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 63. Wið ðæs recedes weal, Beo. Th. 658; B. 326. Wall íserne, Cd. Th. 231, 15; Dan. 247. Tó hwý tówurpe ðú weal (maceriam) his, Ps. Spl. 79, 13. Ðá gewrohte hé weall mid turfum (vallum, moenia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 62: muri, Jos. 6, 20. Ðæt wæter stód an twá healfa ðære strǽte swilce twégen hége weallas erat aqua quasi murus, Ex. 14, 22. Under wealla hleó, Cd. Th. 259, 13; Dan. 691. Binnan ðære ylcan cyricean weallum (muris), Bd. 5, 20; S. 641, 43. On ceastre weallum beworhte in civitatem munitam, Ps. Th. 59, 8: Cd. Th. 145, 21; Gen. 2409. Ofer ðære burge wallas (muros), Bd. 3, 16; S. 543, 2. Ðú hí betweónum wætera weallas lǽddest, Ps. Th. 105, 9. Ealle his weallas omnes macerias ejus, 88, 33. Uallas menia, Rtl. 124, 3. II. a natural wall, a steep hill, a cliff. O. Sax.:--Hwó sie ina fan énumu klibe wurpin, obar enna berges wal, Hél. 2676. Fan themu walle niðar werpan, 2684. Sie an hóhan wal stigun, stén endi berg, 3117):--Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal, Salm. Kmbl. 511; Sal. 256. Cwom wundorlícu wiht (the sun) ofer wealles hróf (over the mountain top), Exon. Th. 412, 1; Rä. 30, 7. Draca beorges getrúwode, wíges and wealles (the cliff in which the firedrake's cave was), Beo. Th. 4635; B. 2323. Norð-Denum stód egesa, ánra gehwylcum ðara ðe of wealle wóp gehýrdon (to each that heard the cry coming from the hill on which the hall stood (?)), 1574; B. 785. Nó wyrm on wealle leng bídan wolde the serpent would not longer wait in the hill, in its cave, 4604; B. 2307. Geseah hé máððumsigla fela, gold glitinian grunde getenge, wundur on wealle, 5511; B. 2759. Se ðe inne gehýdde wræte under wealle, 6112; B. 3060: 6197; B. 3103. Æt wealle, 5045; B. 2526. Geseah be wealle stondan stánbogan, streám út þonan brecan of beorge, 5077; B. 2542: 5425; B. 2716. Of wealle (the sea-cliff) geseah weard, se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde, 463; B. 229. Winneþ wǽg wið wealle, Exon. Th. 383, 33; Rä. 4, 20. Ǽniges monnes wíg forbúgan oððe on weal fleón (flee to the hill) líce beorgan, Vald. 1, 15. Weallas him wiþre healdaþ, Exon. Th. 336, 24; Gn. Ex. 54. Ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, windige weallas (wind-beaten cliffs), Beo. Th. 1148; B. 572: Cd. Th. 214, 19; Exod. 571. Ic wiht (a rake) geseah, seó wǽþeþ geond weallas (among the hills (?)), wyrte séceþ, Exon. Th. 416, 27; Rä. 35, 5. [O. Sax. O. Frs. wal a wall. From Latin vallum.]