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ge-wiht

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-wiht, -wyht, -wihte, es; n.
Weight; pondus
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  • Twegra pundra gewiht

    two pounds' weight;

    dupondius

    ,
    • Ælfc. Gl. 59
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    • Som. 67, 114
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 38, 37
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    • Th. Chart. 522, 22
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    • Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 5
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  • Gange án gemet and án gewihte

    let one measure and one weight pass,

    • L. Edg. ii. 8
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    • Th. i. 270, 2
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  • Nú hæbbe we hit bioht ongén be ðam ylcan gewihte

    quam nunc eodem pondĕre reportāvĭmus,

    • Gen. 43, 21
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    • 23, 16
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    • Lev. 26, 26
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  • False gewihta

    false weights,

    • L. Eth. v. 24
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    • Th. i. 310, 13
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    • vi. 28
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    • Th. i 322, 14
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  • Gemeta and gewihta rihte man georne

    let measures and weights be carefully rectified,

    • vi. 32
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    • Th. i. 322, 30
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    • L. C. S. 9
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    • Th. i. 380, 24
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  • Gé etaþ hláf be gewihte

    ye shall eat bread by weight,

    • Lev. 26, 26
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  • Mid twám hundred mancosan goldes be gewihte and mid v. pundan be gewihte seolfres

    for two hundred mancuses of gold by weight and for five pounds by weight of silver,

    • Th. Chart. 557, 28
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    • See Turner's Hist. Anglo-Sax. ii. Appendix ii.
Etymology
[
Ger. gewicht
.]
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v.  ge-wyht wiht.
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