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wédan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
wédan, p. de
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave
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  • Ic wéde

    saeuio and insanio, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Zup. 192, 3. Furo ic wéde macaþ insaniui of insanio

    ic wéde, 33 ;
      Zup. 203, 9.

  • Ic wéde

    grasso.

      Engl. Stud. xi. 66, 44.

  • Welt

    saeuit, Wülck. Gl. 255, 16. Wét furit, irascitur,

      245, 19.

  • Wédende

    funeste,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 65.
to be mad, out of one's senses : — Cwæþ se cyning : ' Ne wille ðú swá sprécan ; ðæt ðú teala wite. ' Cwæþ hé: 'Ne wéde ic (no n insanio), Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 32. Deófol is on him, and hé wét (insanit), Jn. Skt. 10, 20. Se man wét ðe wyle habban ǽnig þincg ǽr anginne, Homl. Skt. i. 1. 17. Ðá wéndon hí ðæt hé tela ne wiste, ac ðæt hé wédde vulgus aestimabat eum insanire, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 11. Woedendi limphaticus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 112, 75 : lymphatico, 113, 36. Wédende, 53, 66. Ðone wéddendan insanum, 48, 1. Hwá mæg ðam wédendan gýtsere
(dives qui sese credit egentem) genóh forgifan? Bt. 7.4; Fox 22, 33.
to act with violence, be furious, rage,
of persons
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  • Ðonne se deófol ðús wétt,

      Wulfst. 198, 5.

  • Hé wét swíðe and wynð on ða Cristenan,

      Homl. Skt. i. 16, 225.

  • Heó geseah hú Decius wédde and brýmde

    de

    dæges and nihtes ǽr ðon hé deád wǽre,
      Shrn. 139, 6.

  • Hé wédde on gewitte swá wilde deór,

      Exon. Th. 278, 13; Jul. 597.

  • Hí wéddon þearle and tðtǽron hí sylfe mid heora ágenum tóðum,

      Homl. Skt. i. 6, 194.

  • Hé (

    Antichrist

    ) onginð deóflíce tó wédanne,
      Wulfst. 200, 1.

  • Wédende

    debachatus.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 21 : 26, 74.

  • Seó wédende men iu ofslógon ðone Victor,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 113.

  • For wédendre heortan ðæs leódhatan Brytta cyninges propter vesanam Brittonici regis tyrannidem, Bd. 3, 1; S. 524, Uuoedende

    bachantes,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 52.

  • Hí (

    the Jews

    ) tó Criste hosplíce word wédende sprǽcon,
      Homl. Th. ii. 232, 31.

  • Wróht*-*smiðas

    (evil spirits)

    wédende swá wilde deór,
      Exon. Th. 156, 23; Gú. 8, 9.
of animals
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  • wédan (gesihð), gestric ge(tácnaþ),

      Lchdm. iii. 206, 32.

  • Wédende hund,

      Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 8.

  • Wulfas woedende

    lupi rapaces,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 15.
of things, abstract or concrete
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  • Gýtsung openlíce wét

    auaritia palam saenit,

      Scint. 99, 17.

  • Wédde stíðnes

    exarsit acerbitas,

      Hpt. Gl. 517, 15.

  • Gársecg wédde,

      Cd. Th. 208, 27; Exod. 489.

  • Ða ýða weóllan and wéddan ðæs sǽs

    furentibus undis pelagi,

      Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 39.

  • Þeán ðeós woruld wéde and windige éhtnysse ástyrige ongeán Cristes gelaðunge,

      Homl. Th. ii. 388, 9.

  • Ðonne wind wédende færeþ,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2546; El. 1274.

  • Mid wédendum and egislícum gehlýde

    bacchanti et furibundo strepitu,

      Hpt. Gl. 495, 75.

  • Wédende reóhnysse

    tumentem insaniam,

      465, 20.

  • Wédende ýða

    frementes (furentes) fluctus,

      464, 74.

  • Hyt ða wédendan bitas ge*-*hǽlcþ,

      Lchdm. i. 370, 14.
Etymology
[Biginneð þe deoflen to weden, A. R. 264, 9. As mon bigon to weden and to wurðen ut of his ahne witte indignatns cum. furore nimio, Kath. 1257. Fra þatt grediȝnesse þatt doþ þe mann to wedenu rihht to winnenn erþlic ahhte, Orm. 14140. Þ kyng ferde for wraþþe as he wolde wede, R. Glouc. 53, 10. O. Sax. wódian : O. H. Ger. wuoten furere, grassari, insanire, bacchari, fremere: Icel. to become furious.]
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v. á, ge-wédan ; wód.
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v.  a-wédan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wédan.” 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/34927.

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