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Wente

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Wente, pl.
the people of Gwent (the district comprising Mon-mouth and Glamorgan)
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  • Ealle ða cyngas ðe on ðyssum íglande wǽron he (

    Athelstane

    ) gewylde ; ǽrest Huwal West-Wala cyning, and Cosstantin Scotta cyning and Uwen Wenta cyning,
      Chr. 926 ; Erl. 111, 43.
the same as Waller-wente q. v.
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  • Nemne man him ealswá micel Wente swá cyninges þegne,

      L. N. P. L. 52 ; Th. ii. 298, 11 : 53; Th. ii. 298, 14. v. Went-sǽte.
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v.  Went-sǽte Waller-wente.
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  • Wente, n.