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Grammar
wé, pron.
Wright's OE grammar
§95; §144; §252; §459; §462;
We.
used of more than one person,
dual
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  • Ic and ðæt cild gáð unc tó gebiddenne and wé syððan cumaþ eft tó eów,

    • Gen. 22, 5.

  • Wé willaþ ðæt ðú ús dó swá hwæt swá wé biddaþ (cf. wyt magon, v. 39),

    • Mk. Skt. 10, 35.
plural
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  • Hwí fæste wé (woe, Lind.)?

    • Mt. Kmbl. 9, 14.

  • Wé þonne synt ðe fylgeaþ

    it is we that follow,

    • Blickl. Homl. 81, 33.

  • Wé men sculon,

    • Exon. Th. 46, 33
      • ;
    • Cri. 746.

  • Wé selfe cúþen,

    • 147, 7
      • ;
    • Gú. 723.

  • Wé ealle wǽron ðé fylgende, and ðú eart úre ealra fultum ða ðe on ðé gelýfaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 229, 20.

  • Uton wé ealle wynsumian on Drihten, wé ðe his ǽriste mǽrsiaþ,

    • 91, 8
    :

    Getíþa ús ðæt ðe wé ðé ætforan ágyltan

    . . .

    anue nobis ut quê (qui has been glossed) te coram deliquimus. . .

    ,
    • Hymn. Surt. 124, 30: Exon. Th. 2, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 25.
used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors
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  • Wé (Ine and the witan) bebeódaþ,

    • L. In. 1
    • Th. i. 102, 14.

  • Wé (Alfred) lǽraþ,

    • L. Alf. pol. 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 60, 2.

  • Wé (Athelstan) cwǽdon,

    • L. Ath. i. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 200, 5.

  • Wé (Cnut) willaþ,

    • L. C. E. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 364, 5.
used of one person,
by a writer or speaker
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  • Nú hæbbe wé scortlíce gesǽd (cf. Scortlíce ic hæbbe nú gesǽd, 10, 3)

    ,
    • Ors. 1,1
      • ;
    • Swt. 14, 26: 22, 1: 24, 23.

  • Swá wé ǽr cwǽdon (cf. swá ic ǽr cwæþ, 8, 14)

    ,
    • 24, 32.

  • Wé mihton ðás rǽdinge menigfealdlícor trahtnian,

    • Homl. Th. i. 556, 13.

  • Hwæt wille wé eów swíðor secgan be ðisum symbeldæge,

    • ii. 444, 13: Blickl. Homl. 115, 28.
by a prince
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  • Beówulf maþelode : ' Wé ðæt ellenweorc fremedon',

    • Beo. Th. 1920
      • ;
    • B. 958: 3308
      • ;
    • B. 1652.
Etymology
[Goth. weis: O. Sax. O. Frs. wí: O. H. Ger. wir: Icel. vér.
]
Similar entries
v. ús, wit.]
Linked entries
v.  ús.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wé.” 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/34727.

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