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wǽdlian

  • verb [ weak ]
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wǽdlian, p. ode.
to be poor, indigent, needy, in want
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  • Ic wǽdlige

    egeo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 26, 2
      • ;
    • Zup. 154, 15.

  • Hé wédlaþ

    egebit,

    • Kent. Gl. 835.

  • Se ðe wédlat

    qui indiget,

    • 333.

  • Ða welegan wǽdledon (wéðladon,

    • Ps. Surt.
    ) and eodon biddende

    divites eguerunt,

    • Ps. Th. 33, 10.

  • Beóð welige hwílwendlíce, ðæt gé écelíce wǽdlion,

    • Homl. Th. i. 64, 16.

  • Ðá wurdon hí dreórige on móde, ðæt hí wǽdligende on ánum wáclícum wǽfelse férdon,

    • 62, 28.
to be in want of something, to lack, not to have enough
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  • Leádes ða men wǽdliaþ, and goldes genihtsumiaþ

    plumbo egent, auro habundant,

    • Nar. 31, 4.

  • Weðliende hláf

    egens panem,

    • Ps. Surt. 36, 25.
to beg
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  • Se ðe sæt and wǽdlode

    qui sedebat et mendicabat,

    • Jn. Skt. 9, 8.

  • Mé sceamaþ ðæt ic wǽdlige

    mendicare erubesco,

    • Lk. Skt. 16, 3.

  • Hí wǽdlian (wéðlien,

    • Ps. Surt.
    )

    mendicent,

    • Ps. Spl. 108, 9.

  • Sum blind man sæt wið ðæne weg wǽdligende

    (mendicans),

    • Lk. Skt. 18, 35;
    • Wǽdliende, Blickl. Homl. 17, 31, 34.

  • Hé wédlat

    mendicabit,

    • Kent. Gl. 731.
Etymology
[ Þe king wæilien (wædlien? to go as a beggar) agon wide ȝeon þas þeoden,
  • Laym. 28880.
O. H. Ger. wádalón evagari
.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽdlian.” 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/34234.

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