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wíse

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wíse, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§404;
A sprout, stalk
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  • Streáwbergean wíse,

      Lchdm. ii. 36, 12 : 334, II.
  • Genim streáwberian wísan nioþowearde,

      34, 24, 27.
  • Nim hwíteclǽfran wísan,

      326, 21.
  • Hǽþbergean wísan,

      344, 10.
  • Weóde wísan,

      iii. 16, 16.
  • Eallhwíte wýsan

    gesie,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 16.
Etymology
[
Wyse of strawbery or pesyn fragus (cf. a streberytre fragus,
    Wülck. Gl. 584, 29
),
    Prompt. Parv. 531.
Take the wyse of tormentile, and bray it,
    Halliwell's Dict.
Cf.
Icel. vísir a sprout.
]
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v. streáwberige-wíse.
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