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wíde, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§553;
where there is measurement,
widely, far
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  • Bearwas wurdon tó axan efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác gerǽhton,

      Cd. Th. 154, 11; Gen. 2554.

  • Swá wíde swá wæter bebúgeþ,

      Andr. Kmbl. 665; An. 333: 2469; An. 1236.
with the idea of a great space between extremities,
widely, to a great width
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  • Múð ic ontýnde mínne wíde,

      Ps. Th. 118, 131.

  • Hý tódǽlden unc ðæt wit gewídost (

    very far apart

    ) in woruldríce lifdon,
      Exon. Th. 442, 15; Kl. 13.
where there is the idea of diffusion, distribution,
widely, in different places, on all sides
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  • Wíde

    passim,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 75.

  • Wel wíde

    passim, ubique,

      Hpt. Gl. 512, 18.

  • Fela óðra deófles manna wíde wǽran,

      Wulfst. 100, 20.

  • Manncwealmas beóð wíde geond land

    erunt pestilentiae per loca,

      Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7.

  • Fáh ic eom wíde,

      Exon. Th. 401, 24; Rä. 21, 16.

  • Ða moldan men wíde geond eorþan lǽdaþ tó reliquium,

      Blick.Homl. 127, 15: Beo. Th. 538; B. 266: 6190; B. 3099.

  • Tóférde se here wíde swá hé ǽr gegaderod wæs,

      Chr. 1012 ; Erl. 147, 8.

  • Ðá cóman tógædere þreóhund biscopa and eahtatýne biscopas wíde gesamnode,

      L. Ælfc. P. 23 ; Th. ii. 372, 28.

  • Ic ðysne sang fand, samnode wíde,

      Apstls. Kmbl. 4; Ap. 2.

  • Ic eom wíde funden, brungen of bearwum and of burghleoþum, of denum and of dúnum,

      Exon. Th. 409, 15 ; Rä. 28, 1.

  • Ic geondférde fela londa . . . folgade wíde (

    I have served in many a land

    ),
      321, 29; Víd. 53.

  • Ehtatýne sýþum hundteóntig þúsenda hí tósendon, and wið feó sealdon wíde intó leódscipas,

      Blickl. Homl. 79, 23.

  • Hí tóweorp wíde

    disperde eos,

      Ps. Th. 53, 5: Exon. Th. 16, 24; Cri. 258.

  • Wíde tósáweþ Dryhten his duguþe,

      299, 31; Crä. 110.

  • Hí bráde weóxan, wíde greówan

    multiplicati sunt nimis,

      Ps. Th. 106, 37.

  • Leád wíde sprong,

      Exon. Th. 277, 24; Jul. 585.

  • Wæs on Myrceon wíde and welhwǽr Waldendes lof áfylled,

      Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 11.

  • Hé geseah dríge stówe wíde æteówde,

      Cd. Th. 10, 31 ; Gen. 165.

  • Ðú meaht swá wíde ofer woruld ealle geseón,

      36, 1; Gen. 565.

  • Ðǽr is wóp wíde gehéred (

    heard on all sides

    ),
      285, 6; Sat. 333: Andr. Kmbl. 3107; An. 1556.

  • Ðaelig-acute;t wæs wíde cúþ, hú hé his dagas geendode,

      Chr. 946; Erl. 117, 24: Cd. Th. 170, 17; Gen. 2814.

  • Ða eá geond folc monig weras Eufraten wíde nemnaþ,

      15, 17; Gen. 234: Met. 8, 51.

  • Ða wíde springaþ

    crebrescunt,

      Hpt. Gl. 517, 4,
    Gif ðeós sprǽc tó wýde spryngþ -Nicod. 17; Thw. 8, 17.

  • Woruldcyningas wíde mǽre. Cd. Th. 140,

      30; Gen. 2335.

  • His lof secgaþ wíde under wolcnum wera cneórisse,

      117, 7 ; Gen. 1950.

  • Is se apostolhád wíde geweorðod ofer werþeóda,

      Apstls. Kmbl. 29 ; Ap. 15.

  • Wíde geond eorðan,

      Menol. Fox 350 ; Men. 176:
    Dreám geríst wel wíde gehwǽr, 118 ; Men. 59, Se ðe his wordes geweald wíde hæfde, Beo. Th. 159; B. 79.

  • Hé wíde (

    in all his ways, in all things

    ) bær herewósan hige,
      Cd. Th. 255, 23 ; Dan. 628.

  • Swá hit beorna má uncre wordcwidas wíddor ne mǽnden,

      Exon. Th. 472, 17 ; Rä. 61, 17.
where a great distance is traversed,
widely, far, to a distance
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  • Fior ł wíde

    longiuscule,

      Hpt. Gl. 517, 3 : Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 31.

  • Wíde

    longius,

      50, 39.
  • Hig férdon swá wíde landes swá hig faran mihton. Cod. Dip. B. ii. 389, 20.

  • Him féran gewát geond ða folcsceare Abraham wíde. Cd. Th. 106,

      36; Gen. 1782.

  • Bana wíde scráð,

      180, 3; Exod. 39.

  • Wíde ásent

    relegatus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 42.

  • Ic lástas sceal wíde lecgan,

      Cd. Th. 63, 5; Gen. 1027.

  • Lástas wǽron wíde (

    for a great distance

    ) gesýne ofer myrcan mór,
      Beo. Th. 2811 ; B. 1403.

  • Seó culufre wíde fleáh,

      Cd. Th. 88, 15 ; Gen. 1465.

  • Wíde rád ofer holmes hrincg hof séleste (

    the ark

    ),
      84, 3; Gen. 1392.

  • Mec wíde wolcna strengu ofer folc byreþ,

      Exon. Th. 390, 3; Rä. 8, 5.

  • Hrá wíde sprong,

      Beo. Th. 3181; B. 1588.

  • Ic sceal hweorfan ðý wídor, wadan wræclástas,

      Cd. Th. 272, 16; Sat. 120.

  • Ic wíddor meahte síþas ásettan,

      Exon. Th. 391, 25; Rä. 10, 10: 485, 6; Rä. 71, 9.

  • Ða ðe wræclástas wídost lecgaþ, 309, 15; Seef. 57. IVa. of degree,

    far

    :-- Þeáh gé eów eác gewyrce wídor sæce,
      Exon. Th. 120, 14; Gú. 271.

  • Hé hét tósomne sínra leóda ða wiccungdóm wídost bǽron, Cd. Th. 223, 18 ; Dan. 121. ¶ where the word occurs with words of similar meaning :-- Feor and wíde (

    longe lateque

    ) gemǽrsode,
      Bd. 3, 10; S. 535, 2: 4, 27; S. 604, 2 : 5, 12; S. 628, 3.
  • Hé férde feorr and wíde geond middangeard. Shrn. 90, 23.

  • Síde and wíde

    longe laleque.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 59: Cd. Th. 8, 3; Gen. 118: Exon. Th. 230, 5; Ph. 467.

  • Ðá gesamnodon weras wíde and síde,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3273 ; An. 1639 : Ps. 56, 6, 13: Exon. Th. 25, 2; Cri. 394: 155, 3; Gú. 854.
  • Wíde oððe síde. Hy. 1, 7.
Etymology
[O. Sax. wído : O. H. Ger. wíto spaciose, late, passim: Icel. víða.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wíde.” 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/35540.

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