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wíd-wegas

  • noun [ masculine ]
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wíd-wegas, pl. m.
Distant regions, regions lying far and wide
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  • Ús gesamna of wídwegum congrega nos de nationibus, Ps. Th. 105, 36, Hé synfulle tðdrífeþ geond wídwegas

    omnes peccatores disperdet,

      144, 20.
  • Faraþ geond ealne yrrnenne grund, geond wídwegas, bodiaþ geleáfan (

    euntes in mundum universum praedicate evangelium,

      Mk. 16, 15), Exon. Th. 30, 21; Cri. 482.
  • Férdon folctogan feorran and neán geond wídwegas,

      Beo. Th. 1684; An. 840.
  • Blǽd is árǽred geond wídwegas, ofer þeóda gehwylce, 3412 ; B. 1704.
  • Cf. síd-wegas.
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