† waedlen.1
Obsolete. rare.
Poverty.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]
waedlec888
wanspeedc893
wanea1100
wandrethc1175
miseasea1200
povertya1225
lowness?c1225
needc1225
orcostc1225
poorness?a1300
unwealtha1300
defaultc1300
porailc1325
straitnessa1340
poorhead1340
mischiefa1375
miseasetya1382
needinessa1382
misterc1385
indigencec1386
scarcitya1387
noughtc1400
scantnessc1400
necessity?1406
penurya1425
povertnessa1434
exilitya1439
wantc1450
scarcenessc1475
needinga1500
povertiesa1500
penurity?a1505
poortith?a1513
debility1525
tenuity1535
leanness1550
lack1555
Needham1577
inopy1581
pinching1587
dispurveyance1590
egency1600
macritude1623
penuriousness1630
indigency1631
needihood1648
necessitousness1650
egestuosity1656
straitened circumstancesa1766
unopulence1796
Queer Street1811
lowliness1834
breadlessness1860
unwealthiness1886
out-of-elbowness1890
secondary poverty1901
Short Street1920
the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor people or the poor
waedlec888
needfula1200
needya1225
poorc1225
God's poorc1230
porailc1325
porailsa1425
povertya1450
poorality1536
God's poverty1563
miserable1582
necessitous1622
necessitated1638
ptochocracy1831
fallen1878
worse off1890
po'1945
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxvi. §2 Sio mennisce wædl ðe næfre gefylled ne bið wilnað ælce dæg hwæs hwugu þysses woruldwelan.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 503 For al þat god of þisse londe we scule leden mid us. & heo bi-læuen wrecches & wælde heom scal fulien.
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† waedleadj.n.2
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Poor, needy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor
havelessOE
unrichOE
waedlec1000
armOE
nakedOE
helplessc1175
wantsomec1175
poora1200
barec1220
needfula1225
misease?c1225
unwealya1300
needyc1325
feeblec1330
poorful1372
mischievousc1390
miseasedc1390
indigentc1400
meanc1400
naughtyc1400
succourless1412
unwealthyc1412
behove1413
misterousa1425
misterfulc1480
miserablec1485
beggarly1545
starved1563
threadbare1577
penurious1590
fortuneless1596
wealthless1605
wantful1607
necessitous1611
inopulent1613
titheless1615
egene1631
starveling1638
necessitated1646
inopious1656
parsimonious1782
unopulent1782
lacking1805
bushed1819
obolary1820
ill-to-do1853
down at heel1856
po'1866
needsome1870
down-at-heeled1884
rocky1921
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) x. 46 Timeus sunu bartimeus sæt blind wið þone weg wædla.
c1000 Ags. Ps. cviii. 17 & oehtende wes mon ðearfan & weðlan.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5638 All wrecche. & wædle. & usell mann.
B. n.2
plural. The poor.
ΚΠ
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2929 For her scullen þe wædlen [c1300 Otho wel-donde] alle i-wurðen riche.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 215 Wapmen & wifmen þa weoleȝen. & þa weaðlen alle he heom sumunde.
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n.1c888adj.n.2c1000