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wang-stede

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wang-stede, es; m.
a place in open country, a place
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  • Forlǽt of ðam wangstede (cf. stópon tó ðære stówe, on ða dúne up,

    • 1428
      • ;
    • El. 716) réc ástígan, Elen. Kmbl. 1584
      • ;
    • El. 794: 2205
      • ;
    • El. 1104.

  • Stenc út cymeþ of ðam wongstede (cf. hé séceþ dýgle stówe under dúnscrafum,

    • 357, 31
      • ;
    • Pa. 37), Exon. Th. 358, 13
      • ;
    • Pa. 45.

  • On ðam wongstede

    (the, place of the last judgement)

    wérig bídan,
    • 50, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 802.

  • Hwæðer hé cwicne gemétte in ðam wongstede (cf. Wong. 4809; B. 2409) Wedra þeóden,

    • Beo. Th. 5565
      • ;
    • B. 2786.

  • Se ðás wongstedas gróf æfter golde (cf. se ðe ða eorþan ongan delfan æfter golde,

    • Bt. 15
      • ;
    • Fox 48, 23), Met. 8, 56.
a town on a plain (wang) ?
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  • Hé eode in burh hraðe, . . . stóp on strǽte . . . swá him nǽnig gumena ongitan ne mihte; hæfde sigora weard on ðam wangstede (cf. Hė wang sceáwode fore burggeatum, 1678; An. 841. But perhaps wangstede - wang,

    and the passage means that St. Andrew was unseen as he passed across the space (wang) between the sea and the town.

      Cf. stede-wang)
    ) Hæfde ðá se sæðeling in geþrungen carcerne néh, Andr. Kmbl. 1975 ; An.990.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wang-stede.” 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/34649.

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