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wrǽd

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wrǽd, wrǽð, es; m.
a bandage, band, fillet
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  • Wrǽda

    fasciarum,

    wrǽd

    fascia,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 21-22
      • :
    • 39, 69.

  • Wrǽd sceal wunden.

    • Exon. Th. 343, 6
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 153.

  • Sió wund wile tóberan, gif hió ne bið gewriiten mid wrǽde (wrǽðe,

      Cott. MSS.
    ),

    • Past. 17
      • ;
    • Swt. 123, 16
      • :
    • Lchdm. ii. 306, 18.

  • Se mec wrǽde on furþum legde, bende and clomme,

    • Exon. Th. 383, 20
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 13.

  • Genim nioþowearde wrætte, dó on reádne wrǽd, binde ðæt heáfod mid,

      Lchdm. ii. 304, . 26.

  • Wrǽdas

    redimicula,

      Hpt. Gl. 527, 7.

  • Wrǽda

    fasciarum, vinculorum,

      488, 48.

  • Sume heora fnada and wrǽdas gerriiccliaþ,

      R. Ben. 135, 27.
what is bound together, a bundle
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  • Wrǽdes

    fascis,

      Hpt. Gl. 529, 4.
a band, company, flock.
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Cf. wrǽd-mǽlum
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  • Wrǽð

    grex,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 8, 32.

  • Wrǽda

    manipulorum (innumeris manipulorum milibus equitatu et peditatu,

      Ald. 76
    ),

      525, 24.
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v. beadowrǽd
    (Lchdm. ii. 350, 29);
wríþan.
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v.  wrǽd-mǽlum wrǽþ.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wrǽd.” 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/36560.

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