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wan-hygd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wan-hygd, -hygdu(-o) [cf. ofer-hygd]
Wright's OE grammar
§592;
want of mind, folly, rashness, recklessness, imprudence
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  • For wlence and for wonhygdum hí ceastre worhton, and tó heofnum up hlǽdræ rǽrdon,

      Cd. Th. 100, 33; Gen. 1673.
  • Grendel for his wonhýdum wǽpna ne récceþ ; ic ðæt ðonne forhicge ðæt ic sweord bere,

      Beo. Th. 872; B. 434.
  • [Cf. Icel. van-hyggja want of forethought.]
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