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wíh

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wíh, (wih?), weoh ; gen. wíges (weós?); m.
An idol
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  • Hié gecwǽdon ðæt hié ðæs wíges (

    the golden image

    ) ne róhton, ne hié tó ðam gebede mihte gebǽdon hǽðen heriges wísa,
      Cd. Th. 228, 12 ; Dan. 201.
  • Hié ne willaþ ðysne wígwurðigean,

      228, 24; Dan. 208.
  • Hé (St.Bartholomew) ne wolde wíg weorðian (cf.

    the account in

      Shrn. 120, 17-32), Apstls. Kmbl. 95 ; Ap. 48.
  • Hé hǽþengield ofer word Godes, weoh gesóhte,

      Exon. Th. 244, 6; Jul. 23.
  • Wóden worhte weós,

      341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133.
Etymology
[Cf. O. Sax. win a temple: Icel. vé Goth. weihs holy: O. H. Ger. wih holy.]
Similar entries
v. wíg-bed, -bora (signifer), -gild, -smiþ, -steall, -weorþung.
Linked entries
v.  wíg wíg-bora.
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