Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

wíd-gil

  • adjective
Dictionary links
Grammar
wíd-gil, wíd-gill, -giel, -gel, and-gille; adj.
Wide-spreading, spacious, vast, broad
Show examples

  • Wídgil

    passiva, vasta,

      Hpt. Gl. 527, 52.
    þeáh ðeós eorðe unwísum wídgel (cf. iúm, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 23) þince. Met. 10, 10.

  • Ðæt is suíðe rúm weg and wídgille

    lata et spatiosa via est,

      Past. 18 ; Swt. 133, 20.

  • Ðæt fenn mid menigfealdan bígnyssum wídgille and lang þurh*-*wunaþ on norðsǽ,

      Guthl. 3 ; Gdwin. 20, 8.

  • Sió wídgille

    passivus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 55.

  • Wídgilles fæces

    spatiosae intercapedinis,

      Hpt. Gl. 434, 46.

  • Wídgilles embhwerftes

    vasti orbis,

      Hymn. Surt. 104, 7.

  • Ðæs wídgillan wéstenes ða ungearwan stówe,

      Guthl. 3 ; Gdwin. 20, 10.

  • On stówe wídgylre

    in loco spatioso.

      Ps. Spl. 30, 10.

  • Tó gódum lande and wídgillum

    in terram bonam et spatiosam,

      Ex. 3, 8.

  • Hwider arn ðæt wæter of ðam wídgillan flód . . . ? Wén is ðæt ðæt wæter gewende tó ðære wídgillan niwe lnysse, Boutr. Scrd.

    21,

    13-14.

  • Tó ánre wídgyllan byrig,

      Homl. Skt. i. 3, 82.

  • On ðam wídgillan lande,

      Num. 21, 25: Homl. Th. ii. 222, 29.

  • Geond ðone wídgillan munt,

      Blickl. Homl. 199, 12 : Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 207.

  • Ða wídgillan sǽ,

      Hexam. 4; Norm. 6, 24.

  • Ofer ðæt wídgille wésten,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 40: Jos. 11, 16.

  • Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofones hwealfa bíþ (hú widgil sint heofones hwealfe, Met. 10, 6)

    late patentes aetheris cernat plagas,

      Bt. 19; Fox 68, 22.

  • Widgille

    passivos,

      Hpt. Gl. 405, 64.

  • Sum con wonga bigong, wegas wídgielle,

      Exon. Th. 42, 31 ; Cri. 681.

  • Ic com brǽdre and wídgielra ðonne ðes wong gréna,

      425, 4; Rä. 41, 51.

  • Wídgelra,

      426, 33; Rä. 41, 83.
Similar entries
v. wíd-gal.
Linked entries
v.  -gill -gal.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wíd-gil.” 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/35555.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • wíd-gil, adj.

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.