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wǽdla

  • noun
  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§304;
as adjective, poor, needy, indigent
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  • Wǽdla

    egenus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 54: 74, 22.

  • Oehtende wes mon ðearfan and wéðlan

    persecutus est hominem pauperem et mendicum,

    • Ps. Surt. 108, 17.
with gen. of what is wanting, wanting,
of persons
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  • Ne geseah ic his sǽd, ðæt wǽre hláfes wǽdla

    non vidi semen ejus egens panem,

    • Ps. Th. 36, 24.

  • Wurdon menn wǽdlan hláfes,

    • 104, 14.
of things, deficient in, poor in
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  • Wæs seó stów ge wæteres wǽdla ge eorþwæstma

    erat locus et aquae et frugis inops,

    • Bd. 4, 28
      • ;
    • S. 605, 18.

  • Þurh ða weallendan sond and þurh ða wǽdlan stówe wæteres and ǽlcere wǽtan

    per ferventes arenas et egentia humoris loca,

    • Nar. 6, 9: 26, 8.
begging
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  • Hé sæt blind wið ðone weg wǽdla (mendicans),

    • Mk. Skt. 10, 46.
as predicative adjective or substantive, poor, needy; a poor, needy person
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  • Ic eom wǽdla (wéðla,

    • Ps. Surt.
    )

    egenus sum,

    • Ps. Th. 85, 1:

    egens,

    • 87, 15.

  • Hé wearð wǽdla

    coepit egere,

    • Lk. Skt. 15, 14.

  • Ðá hé wǽdla (mendicus) wæs,

    • Jn. Skt. 9, 8.

  • Se welega nát ðæt hé is wǽdla,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 88, 27.

  • Ðonne se mon wǽdla biþ, hé wilnaþ welan,

    • Bt. 33, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 122, 32: Exon. Th. 91, 22
      • ;
    • Cri. 1496,

  • Se se on his gǽste bið wǽdla,

    • Past. 44
      • ;
    • Swt. 325, 14.

  • Ða ðe ðæs welan gítsiaþ, hí bið symle wǽdlan and earmingas on hyra móde,

    • Prov. Kmbl
      • ;
    • 50.

  • Gif eall þises middaneardes wela cóme tó ánum men, hú ne wǽron ðonne ealle óþre men wǽdlan? ... Ðonne ðú ealle gedǽlde hæfst, ðonne bist ðú ðé self wǽdla,

    • Bt. 13
      • ;
    • Fox 38, 20-35.
as substantive, a poor, needy person, a beggar
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  • Sum welig man wæs ... and sum wǽdla (mendicus) wæs ... Se wǽdla forðférde,

    • Lk. Skt. 16, 19-22.

  • Se reóflia wǽdla,

    • Homl. Th. i. 330, 10.

  • Ðearfa and wéðla hergaþ noman dínne

    pauper et inops laudabunt nomen tuum,

    • Ps. Surt. 73, 21.

  • Geðeaht wǽdlan (wédlan,

    • Ps. Surt.
    ) consilium inopis,

    • Ps. Spl
      • ;
    • 13, 10.

  • Hé hine on wǽdlan hýwe æteówde,

    • Homl. Skt. i. 23, 221.

  • Hié nánne mon geweligian ne magon, búton hié óþerne gedón tó wǽdlan (sine ceterorum paupertate),

    • Bt. 13
      • ;
    • Fox 40, 1.

  • Ic gewirce eów tó wǽdlan

    visitabo vos in egestate,

    • Lev. 26, 16.

  • Ðý læs hwá him self weorðe tó wǽdlan,

    • Past. 44
      • ;
    • Swt. 325, 7.

  • Hé álýseþ ðæne wǽdlan (wéðlan,

    • Ps. Surt.
    )

    liberavit inopem,

    • Ps. Th. 71, 12
      • :

    (wédlan,

    • Ps. Surt.
    ) egenum,

    • 34, 11.

  • Sóna swá ðú geseó nacodne wǽdlan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 37, 21.

  • For yrmðum ðæra wǽdlena (wéðlena,

    • Ps. Surt.
    )

    propter miseriam inopum,

    • Ps. Th. 11, 5.

  • Déð Drihten dómas ðe wǽdlum weorðaþ

    faciet Dominus judicium inopum,

    • 139, 12.

  • Hé ðone welegan wǽdlum efnmǽrne gedéð,

    • Met. 10, 31.
Etymology
[ Scullen þe wædlen alle iwurðen riche,
  • Laym. 5872.
Þa weoleȝen and ða weaðlen,
  • 427.
Riche men and weðlen,
  • 497.
Wrecche and wædle and usell mann,
  • Orm. 5638: 7732: 7770: 7889:
O. H. Ger. wátal, wádal egens
.]
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v. níd-wǽdla.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽdla.” 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/34233.

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