Welig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Welig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: wiliht. welig

Definitions

1 welig

m. A willow:--Welig salix, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 62. Weliges leáf, Lchdm. ii. 156, 1. Welies, 154, 22. Ǽrest on ðone welig; of ðam welige, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 223, 23. Tó ðam greátan welige, 438, 3. On ðone ealdan myl[en] ðǽr ða welegas standaþ, ii. 250, 10. On welgum in salicibus, Blickl. Gl. [Chauc. wilwe: Prompt. Parv. wylowe, wilwe. Welogh salix, Wrt. Voc. i. 228, col. 2 (15th cent.).]

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ᚹᛖᛚᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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