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weg-nest

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
weg-nest, es; n.
Food for a journey
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  • Wearð uncer wegnyst áfúlod,

    • Shrn. 42, 4.
  • Him siþþan sý wegnestes getíðad, and swá mid wegneste hám cyrren,

    • R. Ben. 103, 21.
  • Ðá genámon wit twégen buccan, and wit hig ácwealdon, and gehióldan hiora flǽsc unc tó wægnyste,

    • Shrn. 41, 30
    • :
    • 36, 31.
¶ the word is used of the sacrament administered to the dying
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  • Gif se man on his ýtemestan dæge gyrneþ Cristes líchaman tó underfónne, ne wyrne him man ná, . . . ðæt bið his wegnyst (viaticum), and ǽlces ðæra manna ðe tó Godes ríce becymð,

    • L. Ecg. P. i. 10
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 176, 20.
  • Heó onféng wægnyste ðære hálgan gemǽnsumnysse.

    • Bd. 4, 23
    • ;
    • S. 595, 27.
  • Hé bútan hǽlo wegnyste of worulde gewát,

    • 5, 14
    • ;
    • S. 634, 33.
  • Hé wæs hine trymmende mid ðý heofonlícum wægneste,

    • 4, 24
    • ;
    • S. 599, 2.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. wega-nest (-nist) cibaria, viaticum
:
Icel. veg-nest.
]
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v.  nest.
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