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wiht

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wiht, (e ; f. ?)
Wright's OE grammar
§103; §391;
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  • Wiht

    pondus

    ,
      Kent. Gl. 344.
  • Wihte

    pondere

    ,
      Wülck. Gl. 237, 27.
  • Genim ǽgþres gelíce micel be wihte (gewihte,

    v. l.

    ),
      Lchdm. i. 146, 20.
  • Má hundred punda seolfres; ðet hé nam be wihte, and mid mycelan unrihte,

      Chr. 1086 ; Th. i. 355, 31.
  • Genim of ǽlcere ðisre wyrte .xx. penega wiht,

      Lchdm. i. 374, 21.
Etymology
[For his æfne wiht of golde. Laym. 30835. Wiþþ fife wehhte of sillferr, Orm. 7812. Ayenb. wiȝte: Chauc. wighte, weihte, weiȝte: Piers P. weȝt, weghe: Icel. vætt; f.]
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v. ge-wiht.
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