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wind

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wind, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§41; §96;
Winding, wrapping
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  • Gif preóst ordál misfadige, gebéte ðæt. Gif preóst searwaþ be winde, gebéte ðæt

    if a priest do not conduct an ordeal rightly, let him make 'bót,' If a priest uses deceit in respect to the wrapping up of the hand or arm exposed to the ordeal

    (cf. in the descriptions 'of the proceedings at the ordeal: Inseglige man ða hand,
      L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 30.
  • Beón þreó niht ǽr man ða hand undó, i. 23; Th. i. 212, 4),

    let him make 'bót,'

      L. N. P. L. 39, 40; Th. ii. 296, 9-10.
Etymology
[Icel. vindr a winding.]
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Word-wheel

  • wind, n.