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wine

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wine, es; m.
A friend..
applied to an equal
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  • Wine mín,

    • Húnferð, Beo. Th. 1065
      • ;
    • B. 530
      • .

  • Hé ongan winas manian, frýnd and geféran,

    • Byrht. Th. 138, 31
      • ;
    • By. 228
      • .
applied to one who can help or protect, a friendly lord, a (powerful) friend
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  • Wine fród . . . Geared lǽfde land and leódweard (cf. Geared gold brittade..., his freómágum leóf,

    • 72, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 1183
    ),

    • Cd. Th. 72, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 1194
      • .

  • Ne þurfon mé hæleð ætwítan, nú mín wine (Byrhtnoth) gecranc, ðæt ic hláfordleás hám síðie,

    • Byrht. Th. 139, 7
      • ;
    • By. 250
      • .

  • Wine Scyldinga, leóf landfruma,

    • Beo. Th. 60
      • ;
    • B. 30 : 298
      • ;
    • B. 148
      • .

  • Wine Scyldinga, ríces hyrde

    ,
    • 4057
      • ; B. 2026
    .

  • Meaht ðú, mín wine (my lord), méce gecnáwan,

    • 4100
      • ;
    • B. 2047
      • .

  • Wine Ebréa (Abraham)

    ,
    • Cd. Th. 170, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 2816
      • .

  • Æfter wines (cf. freán úserne, leófne mannan

    • (Beowulf), 6206
      • ;
    • B. 3107
    ) dǽdum,

    • Beo. Th. 6184
      • ;
    • B. 3096
      • .

  • Hé sóhte holdne wine (Hrothgar),

    • 758
      • ;
    • B. 376
      • .

  • Wine Deniga, freán Scyldinga,

    • 706
      • ;
    • B. 350
      • .

  • Ne sint mé winas (friends who will protect) cúðe eorlas elþeódige,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 396
      • ;
    • An. 198
      • .

  • Ðǽr him folcweras fremde wǽron, wine uncúðe,

    • Cd. Th. 110, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 1847
      • .

  • Ic fela folca gesóhte, wina uncúðra,

    • 163, 14
      • ;
    • Gen. 2698
      • .

  • Hé (Pharaoh) héht him (Abraham) wine (or sing.?) ceósan, ellor æðelingas, óðre dugeðe,

    • 112, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 1867
      • .

  • Ne ceara incit duguða ellor sécan, winas uncúðe, ac wuniaþ hér,

    • 165, 19
      • ;
    • Gen. 2734
      • .
used of a husband or lover
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  • Mín freónd siteþ, wine wérigmód... Dreógeþ se mín wine micle módceare,

    • Exon. Th. 444, 15-22
      • ;
    • Kl. 47-51
      • .

  • Ðú meaht hit mé (Eve) wítan, wine mín,

    • Adam, Cd. Th. 51, 10
      • ;
    • Gen. 824
      • .

  • Wine

    amatore (the passage is: Ab alio amatore (Christ) praeventa sum, qui me annulo fidei suae subarravit,

    • Ald. 60
    ),

    • Hpt. Gl. 506, 55
      • .
applied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn
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  • Hróðgár maþelode: "Wine mín, Beówulf..., "

    • Beo. Th. 919
      • ;
    • B. 457: 3413
      • ;
    • B. 1704
      • .

  • Se eádga wer (Guthlac) ágeaf andsware : "Hwæt, ðú (the disciple) mé, mín Łwine, frignest,"

    • Exon. Th. 175, 25
      • ;
    • Gú. 1200
      • .

  • Ða gástas ðus ðone líchoman grétaþ: "Wine leófesta,"

    • Soul Kmbl. 266
      • ;
    • Seel. 137: Andr. Kmbl. 614
      • ; An. 307: 2862; An. 1433.

  • Dryhten wine sínne (St. Andrew) grétte,

    • 2926
      • ;
    • An. 1466
      • .

  • Wine leófestan (Guthlac's disciple),

    • Exon. Th. 166, 1
      • ;
    • Gú. 1036
      • .

  • Winiga (wunga,

    • MS.
    ) hleó (Guthlac),

    • 184, 4
      • ;
    • Gú. 1339
      • .

  • Winia bealdor (Beowulf),

    • Beo. Th. 5127
      • ;
    • B. 2567
      • .

  • Winigea (or under I.?) leásum,

    • 3332
      • ;
    • B. 1664
    .
Etymology
[
Brutus þe wes mi deore wine, mi drihliche lauerd (mi louerd deore, 2nd MS.), Laym. 2289.
Og eurilc wurðen stedefæst his wine, Misc. 12, 374.
O. Sax. wini:
O. H. Ger. wini amicus, sodalis, dilectus:
Icel. vinr.
]
Similar entries
v. freá-, freó-, gold-, gúð-, iu-, mǽg-, sundor-, un-wine.
Linked entries
v.  dæg-wine wine-leás.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wine.” 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/35887.

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