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wilde

  • adjective
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wilde, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §263; §303; §433; §434; §440;
Wild
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  • Wildæ

    agrestis

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 53: i. 17, 41.
  • Wilde

    indomitus

    , ii.
      111, 78.
  • Untamed, wilde

    edomitus

    ,
      142, 40.
  • Wudulíce oððe wilde agrestes, 4, 61. As in this gloss the word seems used in wylde (or cf. weald?) elfen hamadryades (cf. feldelfenne

    amadriades

    , ii.
      8, 14), i. 60, 17.
in reference to animals,
wild, not domestic, not tamed, not broken in
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  • Rébra þonne ǽnig wilde deór,

      Blickl. Homl. 95, 31: Homl. Th. i. 486, 28: Bt. 39, l; Fox 212, 3.
  • Wilde oxa

    bubalus

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 46.
  • Wilde bár aper, tam bár

    verres

    ,
      32, 70.
  • Assa asinus, wilde assa

    onager

    ,
      23, 27.
  • Se getemeda assa . . . Se wilda fola,

      Homl. Th. i. 208, 20-22.
  • Wilde goos cente, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 68:

    gente

    ,
      109, 63.
  • Wilde gos

    cante,

      14, 21.
  • Wæs sum wilde hrem,

      Homl. Th. i. 162, 21.
  • Se wilda fugel (

    the Phenix

    ),
      Exon. Th. 211, 21; Ph. 201.
  • Hafuc sceal on glofe wilde gewunian, wulf sceal on bearowe,

      Menol. Fox 495 ; Gn. C. 18.
  • Sió wilde beó. Met. 18, 5.
  • Seó leó ge-monð ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana. Bt. 25 ; Fox 88, 12.
  • Sum sceal wildne fugel átemian,

      Exon. Th. 332, 14; Vy. 85 : 222, 3; Ph. 343.
  • Hálig feoh and wilde deór,

      Cd. Th. 13, 13 ; Gen. 202.
  • Eoferas and wilde deór

    aperet singularis ferus

    ,
      Ps. Th. 79, 13.
  • Wildu diór,

      Met. 27, 20: Cd. Th. 91, 22; Gen. 1516.
  • Wildu deór and neáta gehwylc,

      240, 20; Dan. 389.
  • Cómon wilde beran and wulfas. Homl. Th. i. 244, 18.
  • Wildra deóra ðæt grimmeste,

      Exon. Th. 371, 28 ; Seel. 82.
  • Wildera deóra téð

    dentes bestiarum

    ,
      Deut. 32, 24.
  • Hyre dǽl ðera wildera (

    not broken in

    ) horsa,
      Chart. Th. 538, 33.
  • Wildra,

      548, 10.
  • Wildu hors

    equos in-domitos

    ,
      Past. 41; Swt. 303, 9.
  • Fiówer wildo hors,

      Shrn. 71, 34.
  • Ða stælhránas beóð swýðe dýre mid Finnum, for ðæm hý fóð ða wildan hránas mid, Ors. l, l; Swt. 18, 12. la.

    not under restraint; uncontrolled

    :-- Ðá wæs culufre eft sended wilde;
      Cd. Th. 88, 14; Gen. 1465.
in reference to plants,
wild, not cultivated
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  • Wilde cyrfet colocftintida, hwít wilde wíngeard brionia, wilde (v. Wülck. Gl. 133, 12) wíngerd

    labrusca

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 12-15.
  • Wilde popig saliunca,. . . wilde næp

    nap silvatica

    ,
      31, 8, 27.
  • Wilde næp diptamnus vel bibulcos, . . . wilde lactuce sarrabum, 32, 5, 24.

    Oleastrum

    ðæt is wilde elebeám,
      Lchdm. ii. 90, 20.
  • Wildre magþan wyrttruman,

      206, 15.
  • Wildre mealwan seáw,

      214, 14.
  • Unwæstm ł wilde fóter

    zizania

    ,
      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 27.
of places,
wild, uncultivated, uninhabited
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  • Licgaþ wilde móras emnlange ðæm býnum lande,

      Ors. l, I; Swt. 18, 27.
  • Ðone eard (

    East Anglia

    ) iii mónþas hí hergodon and bærndon, ge furðon on ða wildan fennas hí férdon,
      Chr. 1010 ; Erl. 143, 27.
  • Com se biscop tó ðære mynstre (

    Peterborough

    ) . . . ne fand ðǽr nán þing búton ealde weallas and wilde wuda,
      963; Erl. 121, 28.
of fire, wild, that spreads over a country (like a prairie fire) [cf. Icel. villi-eldr]
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  • Hér wæs se dría sumor, and wilde fýr com on manega scíra and forbærnde fela túna, and eác manega burga forburnon. Chr. 1078; Erl. 215, 36.
  • On ðissum geáre atýwde ðæt wilde fýr, ðe nán mann ǽror nán swylc ne gemunde, and gehwǽr hit derode on manegum stówum, 1032 ; Erl. 164, Hér wæs swíðe mycel mancwealm and orfcwealm, and eác ðæt wilde fýr on Deórbýscíre micel yfel dyde, and gehwǽr elles, 1049 Erl. 173, 19. IV a. figurative of a disease :-- Wylde fýr

    erisipilas

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 3.
  • [v. wildfire in Halliwell's Dictionary, and cf. Germ. das wilde feuer St. Anthonys fire, erysipelas.]
in a moral sense,
wild, turbulent, ungoverned
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  • Hé geong fareþ, hafaþ wilde mód,

      Salm. Kmbl. 755; Sal. 377.
Etymology
[Goth. wilþeis: O. Frs. wilde: O. L. Ger. O. H. Ger. wildi: Icel. villr.]
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v.  ge-wilde wild-cyrfet.
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  • wilde, adj.