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wǽd

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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Grammar
wǽd, e; f.: wǽde, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§345; §390;
referring to the dress of human beings.
a weed (as in palmer's, widow's weeds), an article of dress, a garment
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  • Martinus mé bewǽfde mid ðyssere wǽde,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 500, 34.

  • Ne cume hé búton his oferslipe, ne hé þénige búton ðære wǽde,

    • L. Edg. C. 46
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 254, 11.

  • In wéde (vestimentum) ald ... from wéde (vestimento)

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 16.

  • Gehrán woede (wédum,

    • Rush.
    ) his

    tetigit uestimentum ejus,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 27.

  • Ungigearuad woede gímungalícum

    non vestitum veste nuptiali,

    • Rtl. 108, 1.

  • Woede háluoende

    vestimentum salutare,

    • 103, 22.

  • Hé næfþ ða neódþearfe áne, ðæt is wist and wǽda,

    • Bt. 33, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 124, 17.

  • Woedo

    uestimenta,

    • Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 3.

  • Ic wæs nacod, nolde gé mé wǽda tíþian,

    • Wulfst. 288, 33.

  • Wǽda leásne,

    • Cd. Th. 53, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 867: 256, 2
      • ;
    • Dan. 634: Met. 25, 32.

  • Ðú wǽda tylast,

    • Homl. Th. i. 488, 26.

  • Of ungemete wiste and wǽda,

    • Met. 25, 39.

  • Hé hine gescyrpte mid eallum ðám wlitegestum wǽdum,

    • Bt. 28
      • ;
    • Fox 100, 26: Cd. Th. 58, 5
      • ;
    • Gen. 941.

  • Hí hine wǽdon bereáfodon,

    • Homl. Th. i. 430, 2.

  • Gif dynt sweart sié búton wǽdum

    if a blow cause a bruise in a part not covered by the clothes,

    • L. Ethb. 59
      • ;
    • Th. i. 18, 3.

  • Binnan wǽdum

    in a part covered by the clothes,

    • 60
      • ;
    • Th. i. 18, 5.

  • Ofer wǽda míne

    super vestem meam,

    • Ps. Spl. 21, 17: Cd. Th. 52, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 846: Met. 8, 23.

  • Forlǽt eal ðæt ðú áge búton wiste and wǽda,

      Prov. Kmbl. 80.

  • Mið ðý gewearp woedo (giwédo,

    • Rush.
    ) his

    proiecto uestimento suo,

    • Mk. Skt. 10, 50.

  • Hé sette uoedo (giwédo,

    • Rush.
    ) his

    ponit uestimenta sua,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 4: Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 8.

  • Wit baru standaþ unwered wǽdo,

    • Cd. Th. 50, 21
      • ;
    • Gen. 812.

  • Sylle mon him wist and wǽdo,

    • Exon. Th. 336, 12
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 336.
in a collective sense, clothing, dress
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  • Líchoma forðor is ðon wéde

    corpus plus est quam vestimentum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 6, 25.

  • Ðæt gád ne wǽre wiste ne wǽde,

    • Cd. Th. 222, 11
      • ;
    • Dan. 103.

  • Ðæt gebyreþ tó wǽde and tó wiste ðám ðe Gode þeówian,

    • L. Eth. vi. 51
      • ;
    • Th. i. 328, 7.

  • Heó wæsceþ his warig hrægl and him syleþ wǽde níwe,

    • Exon. Th. 339, 25
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 99.
of other covering, equipment, or dressing.
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v. ge-wǽdian
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  • Wǽde

    mataxa (cf. strǽl vel bedding mataxa vel corductum vel stramentum,

    • i. 59, 29
    ),

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 28.

  • Wǽde

    antemne (= sail ? rigging ? v. wǽde-ráp; and cf. Icel. váð sail (poet.)),

    • 100, 29.

  • Strengas gurron, wǽdo gewǽtte,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 749: An. 375.

  • Se wælisca (hafoc) wǽdum and dǽdum his ǽtgiefan eáðmód weorþeþ,

    • Exon. Th. 332, 25
      • ;
    • Vy. 90.

  • Wuldres treów wǽdum geworðode,

    • Rood Kmbl. 29
      • ;
    • Kr. 15.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. O. L. Ger. wádi; n. clothing
:
O. Frs. wéde, wéd; n.
:
O. H. Ger. wát; f. amictus, vestimentum, vestis, vestitus
:
Icel. váð; f. a piece of stuff; a garment
.]
Similar entries
v. heaðu-, here-, lim-, lín-wǽd; ge-wǽde.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽd.” 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/34225.

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