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wilde

  • adjective
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Grammar
wilde, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §263; §303; §433; §434; §440;
Having power, powerful, strong
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  • Hit næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs

    mos est, ex ea parte quae vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum

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      Ors. 4, l; Swt. 156, 22.

  • Beó á seó mildheortnys wyldre ðonne se rihta dóm

    semper superexaltet misericordiam judicium

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      R. Ben. 118, 27.
  • Ðæt ðæt gesceád beó wylldre ðonne seó yfele gewilnung, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 40, 3.

  • Útancumene men beóð wildran ðonne gé and eów genyðriaþ

    advena ascendet super te eritque sublimior; tu autem descendes et eris inferior

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      Deut. 28, 43.

  • Hié wyldran wǽron ðonne hié, and hié mid ealle of ðæm earde ádrifon

    urbem suo generi vendicant, patrimonia dominorum sibi usurpant, extorres dominos procul abigunt

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      Ors. 4, 3; Swt. 162, 18: Blickl. Homl. 151, 3.
Etymology
[Freo of heorte, of wisdom wilde, Misc. 96, 94. Þet þe mon lete his iwit weldre þene his wreððe, O. E. Homl. i. 105, 19.]
Similar entries
v. weald.
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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/35734.

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  • wilde, adj.

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