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ge-wyrde

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ge-wyrde, -wyrd[?], es; n.
Speech, conversation, collection of words, sentence, rule[?]
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  • Ðæt ic mǽge sum rust on weg adrífan of mínre tungan ðæt ic mǽge becuman to brǽddran gewyrde

    that I may clear some rust away from my tongue, so that I may attain to more copious speech,

    • Shrn. 35, 22
    • .
  • Wísra gewyrdum

    by the rules of wise men,

    • Menol. Fox 132
    • ;
    • Men. 66
    • .
  • Gewyrd

    verbositas

    ,
    • Hpt. Gl. 439
    .
Etymology
[
Goth. gawaurdi:
O. H. Ger.ga-wurti comma, brevis dictio,Grff. i. 1023.
]
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Cf. andwyrde; and see ge-wyrd.
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