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wǽd

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
wǽd, e; f.: wǽde, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§345; §390;
referring to the dress of human beings.
a weed (as in palmer's, widow's weeds),
an article of dress, a garment
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  • Martinus mé bewǽfde mid ðyssere wǽde,

      Homl. Th. ii. 500, 34.
  • Ne cume hé búton his oferslipe, ne hé þénige búton ðære wǽde,

      L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 11.
  • In wéde (

    vestimentum) ald ... from wéde (vestimento ),

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 16.
  • Gehrán woede (wédum, Rush.) his

    tetigit uestimentum ejus,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 27.
  • Ungigearuad woede gímungalícum

    non vestitum veste nuptiali,

      Rtl. 108, 1.
  • Woede háluoende

    vestimentum salutare,

      103, 22.
  • Hé næfþ ða neódþearfe áne, ðæt is wist and wǽda,

      Bt. 33, 2; Fox 124, 17.
  • Woedo

    uestimenta,

      Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 3.
  • Ic wæs nacod, nolde gé mé wǽda tíþian,

      Wulfst. 288, 33.
  • Wǽda leásne,

      Cd. Th. 53, 27; Gen. 867: 256, 2; Dan. 634: Met. 25, 32.
  • Ðú wǽda tylast,

      Homl. Th. i. 488, 26.
  • Of ungemete wiste and wǽda,

      Met. 25, 39.
  • Hé hine gescyrpte mid eallum ðám wlitegestum wǽdum,

      Bt. 28; Fox 100, 26: Cd. Th. 58, 5; Gen. 941.
  • Hí hine wǽdon bereáfodon,

      Homl. Th. i. 430, 2.
  • Gif dynt sweart sié búton wǽdum

    if a blow cause a bruise in a part not covered by the clothes,

      L. Ethb. 59; Th. i. 18, 3.
  • Binnan wǽdum

    in a part covered by the clothes,

      60; Th. i. 18, 5.
  • Ofer wǽda míne

    super vestem meam,

      Ps. Spl. 21, 17: Cd. Th. 52, 20; Gen. 846: Met. 8, 23.
  • Forlǽt eal ðæt ðú áge búton wiste and wǽda,

      Prov. Kmbl. 80.
  • Mið ðý gewearp woedo(giwédo, Rush.) his

    proiecto uestimento suo,

      Mk. Skt. 10, 50.
  • Hé sette uoedo (giwédo, Rush.) his

    ponit uestimenta sua,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 4: Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 8.
  • Wit baru standaþ unwered wǽdo,

      Cd. Th. 50, 21; Gen. 812.
  • Sylle mon him wist and wǽdo,

      Exon. Th. 336, 12; Gn. Ex. 336.
in a collective sense,
clothing, dress
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  • Líchoma forðor is ðon wéde

    corpus plus est quam vestimentum,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 25.
  • Ðæt gád ne wǽre wiste ne wǽde,

      Cd. Th. 222, 11; Dan. 103.
  • Ðæt gebyreþ tó wǽde and tó wiste ðám ðe Gode þeówian,

      L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 7.
  • Heó wæsceþ his warig hrægl and him syleþ wǽde níwe,

      Exon. Th. 339, 25; Gn. Ex. 99.
of other covering, equipment, or dressing. v. ge-wǽdian
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  • Wǽde mataxa (cf. strǽl vel bedding mataxa vel corductum vel

    stramentum,

    i.
      59, 29), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 28.
  • Wǽde antemne ( = sail ? rigging ? v. wǽde-ráp; and cf. Icel. váð

    sail

    (poet.)),
      100, 29.
  • Strengas gurron, wǽdo gewǽtte,

      Andr. Kmbl. 749: An. 375.
  • Se wælisca (hafoc) wǽdum and dǽdum his ǽtgiefan eáðmód weorþeþ,

      Exon. Th. 332, 25; Vy. 90.
  • Wuldres treów wǽdum geworðode, Rood Kmbl. 29; Kr. 15.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. L. Ger. wádi; n. clothing: O. Frs. wéde, wéd; n.: O. H. Ger. wát; f. amictus, vestimentum, vestis, vestitus: Icel. váð; f. a piece of stuff; a garment.]
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v. heaðu-, here-, lim-, lín-wǽd; ge-wǽde.
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  • wǽd, n.