wang
- noun [ masculine ]
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Wonge (wongc?)
arvum,
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 51.
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Mec se wǽta wong wundrum freórig of his innaþe cende
roscida me genuit gelido de viscere tellus
(Ald.),- Exon. Th. 417, 7; Rä. 36, 1.
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Se wong seomaþ eádig and onsund. Is ðæt æþele lond blóstmum geblówen, beorgas ðár ne muntas steápe ne standaþ . . . ne dene ne dalu
illic planicies tractus diffundit apertos, nec tumulus crescit, nec cava vallis hiat,
- Exon. Th. 199, 2; Ph. 19.
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Wlitig is se wong . . . ǽnlíc is ðæt íglond,
- 198, 8; Ph. 7.
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Wynsum wong, wealdas gréne,
- 198, 20; Ph. 13.
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Se hálga wong
Paradise,
- 227, 5 ; Ph. 418.
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Brúcan wonges, . . . neótan londes frætwa,
- 268, I; Ph. 149.
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Hwæþere him ðæs wonges wyn (cf. londes wyn, 130, 15; Gú. 438) sweðrade
whether the land grew less delightful to him,
- 123, 15 ; Gú. 123.
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Ic ða stówe ne can ne ðæs wanges (
the place where the cross was buried)
wiht ne ða wísan cann,- Elen. Kmbl. 1364; El. 684.
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On ðam wange, ðǽr hé sorge gefremede
on the scene of his wrong-doings,
- Beo. Th. 4010; B. 2003.
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Hí geségon wyrm on wonge licgean
he saw the serpent lying on the ground,
- 6070; 3039.
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On wonge, wæterýðum neáh,
- 4476; B. 2242.
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Cd. Th. 113,
- 4; Gen. 1882 : Exon. Th. 485, 21; Rä. 72, 1.
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Næs ðǽr hláfes wist werum on ðam wonge
(the island of Mermedonia),
- Andr. Kmbl. 43; An. 22.
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Hé sceal ðý wonge
(the island in the fens where St. Guthlac's hermitage was)
wealdan,- Exon. Th. 144, 6 ; Gú. 674.
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Hý ðone grénan wong ofgiefan sceoldan,
- 130, 34; Gú. 448.
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Hé wang sceáwode fore burggeatum
he reconnoitred the place,
- Andr. Kmbl. 1678; An. 841 :Beo. Th. 2831; B.1413: 4809; B. 2409: 6139; B. 3073.
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Hí on wang stigon
they landed,
456 ;- B. 225.
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Ofer wong faran
to go across country,
- Exon. Th. 481, 10; Rä. 65, 1.
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Hryre wong gecrong
the ruin sank to earth,
- 477, 30; Ruin. 32.
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Done wlitigan wong
Paradise,
- 228, 16; Ph. 439.
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Wangas blóstmum blówaþ
fields bloom with flowers,
- Menol. Fox 178; Men. 90.
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Wangas gréne,
- 410; Men. 206.
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Dás foldan bearm, gréne wongas,
- Exon. Th. 482, 21; Rä. 67, 5: Cd. Th. 100, 1; Gen. 1657.
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Wangas, eorðe ælgréno,
- Met. 20, 77 : Exon. Th. 51, 5 ; Cri. 811: 451, 32; Dóm. 112.
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Him wíc curon, ðǽr him wlitebeorhte wongas geþúhton,
- Cd. Th. 108, 11; Gen. 1804: Beo. Th. 4915; B. 2462.
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Sum con wonga bígong, wegas wídgielle
one knows the world, ways wide-spreading,
- Exon. Th. 42, 30; Cri. 680.
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Dæg se georstenlíca God besceáwede on wangum
dies hesterna Deum conspexit in arvis,
- Hymn. Surt. 47, 10.
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On sumeres tíd stincaþ on stówum, wynnum æfter wongum wyrta geblówene,
- Exon. Th. 178, 24; Gú. 1249.
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Cumaþ wæstm on wangas weorðlíc on hwǽtum
convalles abundabunt frumento,
- Ps. Th. 64, 14.
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Ic foldan slíte, gréne wongas,
- Exon. Th. 393, 18; Rä. 13, 2.
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Wíde geond wongas,
- 491, 8; Rä. 80, 11.
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II.
the earth, the surface of the earth :-- Ic (creation) eorþan eom ǽghwǽr brǽdre, and wídgelra ðonne ðes wong gréna (cf. O. Sax. gróni wang the earth ),
- Exon. Th. 426, 34; Rä. 4I, 83.
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Cýþan werum on wonge,
- 414, 2; Rä. 32, 14: 439, 11; Rä. 59, 2.
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Seó heá miht on ðysne wang ástág,
- Blickl. Homl. 105, 14.
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Ðú eorðan wang ealne gesettest,
- Hy. 10, 3.
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Se Ælmihtiga eorþan worhte wlitebeorhtne wang,
- Beo. Th. 186 ; B. 93.
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Gangan ofer foldan wang,
- Menol. Fox 225; Men. 114.
- III. fig. of any surface
Ic (
a cup for cupping)
eom stíð and steáp wong, staþol wæs in þá wyrta wlitetorhtra,- Exon. Th. 484, 4; Rä. 70, 2.
Bosworth, Joseph. “wang.” 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/34644.
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