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wíde-feorh

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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long life, an age; the word occurs only in the accusative with adverbial force, for a long time, for ever. v. wíd, VII.
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  • Wé sceolon leánum hleótan, swá wé widefeorh (

    through all time

    ) weorcum hlódun,
      Exon. Th. 49, 11; Cri. 784.
  • Á forð heonan wídeferh

    for ever,

      36, 28; Cri. 583.
  • Swá áwa sceal wesan wídeferh,

      142, 12 ; Gú. 643 : 350, 1; Sch. 57: 255, 32; Jul. 223.
  • Ic him wille wídeferh wesan underþýded,

      138, 12; Gú. 375: 420, 23; Rä. 40, 8: 421, 20; Rä. 40, 21.
  • Wídeferg,

      270, 19; Jul. 467.
  • Ðonne hé gást ofgifeþ, syþþan hine gærsbedd sceal wunian wídefyrh (

    so the MS.; -fyrhþ (?) as Thorpe reads ),

      Ps. Th. 102, 15. v. next two words.
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  • wíde-feorh, n.