ge-wiht
- noun [ neuter ]
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Twegra pundra gewiht
two pounds' weight;
dupondius
,- Ælfc. Gl. 59 ;
- Som. 67, 114 ;
- Wrt. Voc. 38, 37 :
- Th. Chart. 522, 22 :
- 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 ;
- 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 :
- 23, 16 :
- Lev. 26, 26 .
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False gewihta
false weights,
- L. Eth. v. 24 ;
- Th. i. 310, 13 :
- vi. 28 ;
- Th. i 322, 14 .
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Gemeta and gewihta rihte man georne
let measures and weights be carefully rectified,
- vi. 32 ;
- Th. i. 322, 30 :
- L. C. S. 9 ;
- 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 .
- See Turner's Hist. Anglo-Sax. ii. Appendix ii.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wiht.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/16815.
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