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widlian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
widlian, p. ode
Wright's OE grammar
§304;
To defile, pollute, violate, profane
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  • Ne ðæt ingaas in múð widlas

    (coinquinat)

    ðone monno.
      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 11.
  • Measapreóstas sunnadæg widlas

    (violant),

      12, 5.
  • Ðás yflo wiðlað (widlas, Rush.,

    communicant)

    ðone monno,
      Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 23.
  • Hi (

    the apostate angels)

    heofon widledan (wid lædan,
      MS.), Exon. Th. 317, 4; Mód. 60.
  • Se ðe áwiht þicge ðæs ðe wesle widlige (wið licge, MSS.)

    qui comederit aliquid de eo quod mustela inquinaverit,

      L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 7.
  • Se ðe mid ǽnige unclǽne þinge sý besmiten . . . béte hé be ðæs widlodes mǽðe

    (juxta pollutionis gradum),

      L. Ecg. P. addit. 10; Th. ii. 234, 2.
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v. á-, ge-widlian ; un-widlod.
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