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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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in a collective sense,
clothing, dress
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of other covering, equipment, or dressing. v. ge-wǽdian
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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.]
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v. heaðu-, here-, lim-, lín-wǽd; ge-wǽde.
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  • wǽd, n.