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wilde

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wilde, adj.
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
.]
Linked entries
v.  ge-wilde wild-cyrfet.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wilde.” 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/35733.

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