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wǽg

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wǽg, (see also wǽge), e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §275; §320; §387; §562;
a weight,
as a general term
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  • Byrðen oððe wǽg

    pondus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32
      • ;
    • Zup. 58, 17 note.

  • Genim ðære ylcan wyrte ánre tremesse wǽge,

    • Lchdm. i. 72, 11.

  • Genim twéga trymessa wǽge,

    • 70, 15.

  • Þreóra trymessa wǽge,

    • 72, 26: 74, 4.

  • Habbaþ emne wǽga

    aequa sint pondera,

    • Lev. 19, 36.
as a definite weight, a wey
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  • Án wég spices and céses,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 312, 8.

  • Selle mon uuége cǽsa,

      293, 11. .i. wége césa, .i. wége speces, 296, 35. .ii. wéga spices and céses, 299, 18. .iii. wéga, 311, 3.
fig.
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  • Ða gewunelícan wǽge (pensum) heora ðeówdómes hig náteshwón forgímeleásion,

    • R. Ben. 78, 11.
an implement for weighing, a balance
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  • On wǽge beóð áwegene

    statera ponderabuntur,

    • Scint. 97, 7.

  • Weh on wǽge,

    • Lchdm. i. 374, 15.

  • Gelícere wáge

    aequa bilance,

    • Hpt. Gl. 512, 76.

  • Tó wége ł tó disce

    ad mensam,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 23.

  • Ðonne man sett ða synne and ða sáwle on ða wǽge,

    • Wulfst. 240.

  • Wǽga trutina ... lytle wǽga momentana vel statam,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 38, 42.
Etymology
[ Nicodemus brouhte an hundred weien of mirre and of aloes,
  • A. R. 372, 7.
Sevene waxpund makiet onleve ponde one waye, twelf weyen on fothir,
  • Rel. Ant. i. 70, 22.
A weye of Essex chese,
  • Piers P. 5, 93.
Seint Austin deð þeos two boðe in one weie,
  • A. R. 60, 10.
Me ssel weȝe þet word er hit by yzed ... Zoþnesse halt þise riȝtuolle waye... Þis waye ne ssel hongi of þis half, ne of yend half,
  • Ayenb. 256, 6-10.
O. H. Ger. wági (dat.) pondere; wága pondus, libra, statera, lanx, trutina
:
Icel. vág a weight; vágir; pl. scales, a balance
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Similar entries
v. pening-, pund-, twi-, wull-wǽg; wǽge-tunge.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wǽg.” 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/34253.

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