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wencel

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
wencel, wincel, es; n.
A child
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  • Gif his hláford him wíf sylle and hig suna hæbbon and dohtra, ðæt wíf and hire winclo (liberi) beóð ðæs hláfordes. Gif se wiel cwið: 'Mé ys mín hláford leóf and mín wíf and míne winclo,'

    • Ex. 21, 4, 5.

  • Se eorðlíca kempa bið ǽfre gearo, swá hwyder swá hé faran sceal tó gefeohte mid ðam kininge, and hé for his wífe ne for his wenclum ne dearr hine sylfne beládian

    • Basil adm. 2
      • ;
    • Norm. 34, 20.

  • Weodewum (and) wencelum hé wel onféhð

    pupillum et viduam suscipiet

    • Ps. Th. 145, 8.
Etymology
[
Ȝuw iss borenn an wennchell þatt iss Iesu Crist,
  • Orm. 3356
.
Men and wummen and children (v. l. were and wif and wenchel),
  • A. R. 334, 25.
Quelæn þa wifmen, quelen þa wanclen,
  • Laym. 31834.
The later form is wenche, e. g. Wicklif, Mt. 9, 24.
]
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v.  wincel.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wencel.” 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/35066.

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