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wiga

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wiga, an; m.
one who fights, a (fighting) man, a warrior
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  • Wiga

    heros,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 31; Zup. 57, 11.

  • Wiga oððe wígstrang

    bellipolens,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 45.

  • Iung wiga

    tyro,

    i.
      18, 16.

  • Wiga wintrum geong,

      Byrht. Th. 137, 62; By. 210.

  • Wælreów wiga (

    Beowulf

    ),
      Beo. Th. 1262; B. 629.

  • Wiga ellenróf,

      Wald. 79; Vald. 2, 11.

  • Wác wiga,

      Exon. Th. 290, 18; Wand. 67.

  • Wigan wígheardne,

      Byrht. Th. 133, 64; By. 75: Cd. Th. 189, 22; Exod. 188.

  • Wigan unforhte, módige twégen,

      Byrht. Th. 134, 5; By. 79.

  • Wigan on gewinne,

      140, 42; By. 302: Cd. Th. 197, 23; Exod. 311: 219, 22; Dan. 58.

  • Ðǽr wigan sittaþ on beórsele blíðe ætsomne, Runic pm. Kmbl. 342,

      4; Rún. 14.

  • Wigena æscberendra,

      Cd. Th. 123, 6; Gen. 2040.

  • Wigena mænieo,

      216, 12; Dan. 5.

  • Wigena strengest(

    Beowulf

    ),
      Beo. Th. 3091; B. 1543.

  • Hí sendon máran sciphere strengran wihgena

    mittitur classis prolixior armatorum,

      Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 16.

  • Wigum and wǽpnum, Beo. Th. 4779; B. 2395. ¶ in phrases denoting a chief or leader :-- Wigena hláford (

    Byrhtnoth

    ),
      Byrht. Th. 135, 49; By. 135.

  • Wigena baldor (

    Holofernes

    ),
      Judth. Thw. 22, 5; Jud. 49.

  • Dauid cyning, wigena baldor,

      Elen. Kmbl. 688; El. 344.

  • Wigena hleó ... wigena weard (

    Constantine

    ),
      Elen. 300-306; El. 150-153.

  • Wigena strengel (

    Beowulf), Beo. Th. 6222; B. 3115. Similarly the Deity is called wigena wyn, Exon. Th. 281, 4; Jul. 641. Ia. used of that which destroys :-- Wiga wælgifre (death ),

      Exon. Th. 162, 7; Gú. 972: 231, 8; Ph. 486.

  • Wiga unlæt láces,

      164, 4; Gú. 1006.

  • Fýr swearta lég, weallende wiga,

      61, 15; Cri. 985.

  • Wiga (

    a dog? fire?

    ) is on eorþan wundrum ácenned,
      433, 23; Rä. 51, 1.
a noble, strenuous man
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  • Se ðe mid wætere oferwearp wuldres cynebearn, wiga weorþlíce,

      Menol. Fox 317; Men. 160.

  • Wigan unsláwne (

    St. Andrew

    ),
      Andr. Kmbl. 3419; An. 1713.

  • Wigena tíd (

    the day of St. Simon and St. Jude

    ),
      Menol. Fox 370; Men. 186.
Etymology
[Gaw. Allit. Pms. wyȝe; pl. wyȝes: Alex. (Skt.) wee; pl. wees, wies: Piers P. wy, wye. Cf. O. H. Ger. Wigo (proper name).]
Similar entries
v. æsc-, beorn-, byrn, cumbol-, folc-, gár-, gúð-, lind-, ord-, rǽde-, rand-, ríd-, scild-, wǽpen-, þeód-wiga.
Linked entries
v.  wihgena.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wiga.” 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/35627.

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