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wefan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
wefan, p. wæf, pl. wǽfon; pp. wefen.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §93; §263; §293; §505;
to weave a web
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  • Ic wefe

    texo,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 47.
  • Ðú wyfst and wǽda tylast,

      Homl. Th. i. 488, 25.
  • Ðín wyln wefð

    tui ancilla texit,

      Ælfc. Gr. 15 ; Zup. 104, 13.
  • Webbu swá hwylc swá wyfð,

      Lchdm. iii. 210, 28.
  • Hí smalo hrægel wefaþ and wyrceaþ

    texendis subtilioribus indumentis operam dant,

      Bd. 4, 25 ; S. 601, 16.
  • Ða of ðæs treówes leáfum and of his flýse spunnon and swá eác tó godewebbe wǽfon and worhtan

    gens foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt,

      Nar. 6, 19.
  • Ðá onféng Maria hwít godweb tó wefanne . . . Ðá sprǽcon hí: 'þú eart úre gingast, ðe miht wefan ðæt hwíte gode*-*web,' Homl. Ass. 132, 550.
  • Wefen wæs

    ordiretur (colobium de stuppae stamine,

      Ald. 51), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 18.
  • From ðæm weofendan

    a texente,

      Ps. Surt. ii. p. 184, 34.
  • Fram wefendum wífe,

      Cant. Ez. 12.
in a more general sense, lit. or fig.
to weave, construct, put together, arrange, plan, contrive
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  • Swá ðæt wuldor wifeþ,

      Exon. Th. 493, 8 ; Rä. 81, 27.
  • Ðus ic fród wordcræft wæf and wundrum læs,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2473 ; El. 1238.
  • Ic wef

    intexui (funibus lectulum meum,

      Prov. 7, 16), Kent. Gl. 199.
  • Wefan

    contexere (coronam ),

      Hpt. Gl. 439, 68.
  • Wefan

    texuisse (oraculorum seriem),

      442, 39.
  • Ðæs engles mód ðe ðone unrǽd ongan ǽrest fremman, wefan and weccean,

      Cd. Th. 3, 5 ; Gen. 31.
  • Ðonne seó þrág cymeþ wefen wyrdstafum,

      Exon. Th. 183, 10; Gú. 1325.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. weban : Icel. vefa. Cf. Goth. bi-waibjan to wind about.]
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v. á-, be-, ge-wefan; þyn-wefen.
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