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weder

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
weder, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§41; §80; §263; §299; §349;
weather, condition of the atmosphere
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  • Uueder

    temperies,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 27.

  • Gif hit sié gód weder,

      Lchdm. ii. 182, 10.

  • Hyt byð smylte weder

    serenum erit,

      Mt. Kmbl. 16, 2: Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26.

  • Ðonne wind ligeþ, weder bið fæger,

      Exon. Th. 210, 8; Ph. 182.

  • Hreóh weder

    tempestas,

      Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3.

  • Rén, swylce hagal and snáw, weder unhióre,

      Met. 29, 65.

  • Hit wæs ceald weder,

      Ors. 6, 32; Swt. 286, 31: Met. 26, 28.

  • Forstas and snáwas, winterbiter weder,

      Cd. Th. 239, 32; Dan. 379.

  • Wearm weder. Exon. Th. 198,

      30; Ph. 18.

  • Réuig weder,

      380, 18 ; Rä. 1, 10.
  • Wederes blæst, hádor heofon*-*leóma. Andr. Kmbl. 1674; An. 839.

  • Líþes weðres,

      Met. 12, 13.

  • Wedere gelícost . . . on sumeres tíd,

      Cd. Th. 237, 34; Dan. 347.

  • Ða sǽ ðe wæs smylte wedere glæshlútru,

      Bt. 6; Fox 14, 24.

  • Þeah nine (

    a sick man) mon on sunnan lǽde, ne mæg hé be ðý wedre wesan (he can't stand the weather ),

    þeáh hit sý wearm on sumera,
      Exon. Th. 340, 18 ; Gn. Ex. 113.

  • Hé ús giefeþ weder líþe,

      Exon. Th. 38, 12; Cri. 605.

  • Winter bringeþ weder ungemetceald, swifte windas,

      Met. 11. 59.

  • On sumera ðonne ða hátostan weder synd,

      Lchdm. ii. 252, 10.

  • Weder cóle*-*don heardum hægelscúrum,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2514 ; An. 1258.

  • Wuldortorhtan weder,

      Beo. Th. 2276; B. 1136.

  • Wedera cealdost,

      1097; B. 546.

  • Wedera cyst,

      Cd. Th. 238, 6 ; Dan. 350.

  • Niht bið wedera þeóstrost,

      Salm. Kmbl. 621; Sal. 310.

  • Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum,

      Menol. Fox 544; Gn. C. 42.

  • Hwý hí ne scínen scírum wederum,

      Met. 28, 45.

  • Holmegum wederum, Cd. Th. 185, 6 ; Exod. 118. Ia.

    good weather.

    v. weder-dæg :-- Hine ne went náðor ne weder ne unweder of ðam ðe him gecynde ys,
      Lchdm. iii. 268, 3.

  • Winter sceal geweorpan, weder eft cuman, sumor swegle hát,

      338, 12 ; Gn. Ex. 77.

  • Wedres on luste,

      361, 28 ; Wał. 26.

  • Rén cymð, ðonne eówre wæstmas wederes be*-*þorftan,

      Wulfst. 297, 11.
wind, storm, breeze, air
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  • Weder

    aura,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 43: 52, 59.

  • Smylte wedere

    aure tenuis,

    ii.
      4, 56: 6, 20.

  • Blóstme fægerust raþe tó leohtnm forscrincþ wedere

    flos pulcherrimus cito ad leuem marcescit auram,

      Scint. 70, 3.

  • Wedre ge*-*somnad,

      Exon. Th. 412, 19; Rä. 31, 2.

  • In wedr in auram, Blickl. Gl. Weder,

      Ps. Surt. 106, 29.
    [Wurdon ormǽtlíca wædera mid þunre, Chr. 1117; Erl. 246, 15.] Wintregum wederum

    cum saevis aquilonibus stridens campus inhorruit,

      Bt. 5, 2 ; Fox 10, 31.

  • Styrmendum wederum, 7, 3; Fox 22, 5. IIa. in reference to sailing, weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind. v. weder-fæst :-- Ðá gestód hine beáh weder and storm sǽ, wearþ ðá fordrifan on án íglond

    vela Neritii ducis eurus appulit insulae,

      Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 10.

  • Ðá him weder com, and Godwine and ða ðe mid him wǽron wendan tó Brycge,

      Chr. 1052 ; Erl. 181, 19.

  • Wearð ðæt wæder swíðe strang, ðæt ða eorlas ne mihton ge*-*witan hwet Godwine eorl gefaren hæfde,

      Erl. 183, 3.

  • Hé ðǽs wederes ábád,

      1094; Erl. 229, 36: 1097; Erl. 234, 20.

  • Hé wearð þurh weder gelet,

      Erl. 233, 34.

  • Gód scipstýra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorþe . . . warenaþ hé hine wiþ ðæt weder,

      Bt. 41, 3; Fox 250, 17.
Etymology
[O.Sax. wedar weather, storm: O. Frs. weder : O. H. Ger. wetar: Icel. veðr.]
Similar entries
v. ge-, ofer-, un-weder, un-geweder.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weder.” 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/34939.

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