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Wendel-sǽ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Wendel-sǽ, (generally masc.)
the Mediterranean. In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it
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  • Andlang Wendelsǽs (mare Nostrum, quod Magnum generaliter dicimus)

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 8, 12.

  • Wendelsǽ

    mare Nostrum

    • 12, 14: 26, 28: 8, 23.

  • Óþ ðone Wendelsǽ

    • 10, 36.

  • Se Wendelsǽ

    mare Magnum

    • 24, 26.

  • On ðæm Wendelsǽ

    per totum Magnum pelagus

    • 28, 24.

  • Seó ús fyrre Ispania, hyre is be westan gársecg, and be norðan Wendelsǽ

    Hispania ulterior habet a septentrione Oceanum, ab occasu Oceanum

    • 24, 8.

  • Se Wendelsǽ ðe man hǽt Atriaticum

    • 22, 14: 28, 9.

  • Andlang ðæs Wendelsǽs is Dalmatia on norðhealfe ðæs sǽs

    Dalmatia habet a meridie Adriaticum sinum

    • 22, 12.

  • Hió hæfð be norðan ðone Wendelsæ, ðe man hǽt Adriaticum

    habet a septentrione mare Siculum vel potius Adriaticum

    • 26, 7.

  • Se Wendelsǽ

    mare Tyrrhenum,

    • 8, 25: 28, 15: 24, 3.

  • Italia land belíð Wendelsǽ ymb eall útan búton westannorðan

    Italia habet ab Africo Tyrrhenum mare, a borea Adriaticum sinum

    • 22, 18.

  • Be súðan Narbonense is se Wendelsæ (mare Gallicum)

    • 22, 29, 20.

  • Wendelsǽ ðe man hǽt Libia Æthiopicum

    mare Libycum

    • 26, 1.

  • Begeondan Wendelsǽ

    citra Pontum

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 52.

  • Féng Carl tó allum ðam westríce behienan Wendelsǽ and begeondan ðisse sǽ

    • Chr. 885
      • ;
    • Erl. 84, 11
      • .

  • On án íglond út on ðære Wendelsǽ

    • Bt. 38, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 194, 11.

  • Æt Wendelsǽ on stæðe (the Italian shore)

    • Elen. Kmbl. 462
      • ;
    • El. 231.

  • On Wendelsǽ ðǽr Apollines dohtor wunode

    • Met. 26, 31: Salm. Kmbl. 406
      • ;
    • Sal. 203.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. Wentil-séo oceanus.
Cf. wendel-meri oceanus.]
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “Wendel-sǽ.” 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/35076.

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