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on-wist

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
on-wist, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§616;
The being in a place, dwelling, habitation
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  • Gesealde sigora waldend onwist éðles Abrahames sunum

    God granted to Abraham's descendants to live in a country,

      Cd. Th. 178, 27; Exod. 18.
  • Cf. on-wunung.
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  • on-wist, n.