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windig

  • adjective
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windig, adj.
windy
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  • Ðá com windi (wyndig, v. l.) ýst

    descendit procella uenti

    ,
    • Lk. Skt. 8, 23
      • .

  • Windig sumer,

    • Lchdm. iii. 162, 30.

  • Windig lengten,

    • 164, 5
      • .

  • Wæs on ðam ofne, ðǽr se engel becwom, windig (breezy, airy) and wynsum,

    • Cd. Th. 237, 33
      • ;
    • Dan. 347
      • .

  • Windig wolcen,

    • Exon. Th. 201, 24
      • ;
    • Ph. 61
      • .

  • Ðes eindiga sele (Hell),

    • Cd. Th. 273, 14
      • ;
    • Sat. 136.

  • Heora wyrtruma bið swá swá windige ysla

    (ashes blown by the wind, sic radix eorum quasi favilla erit, et germen eorum ut pulvis ascendet,
    • Is. 5, 24
    ),
    • Homl. Th. ii. 322, 20
      • .

  • Torras stódon, windige weallas,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1685
      • ;
    • An. 845
      • .

  • Windige holmas,

    • Exon. Th. 53, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 856
      • .

  • Ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, windige weallas,

    • Beo. Th. 1148
      • ;
    • B. 572: 2721
      • ;
    • B. 1358
      • .

  • Swá síde swá sǽ bebúgeþ windge eardweallas (wind geard weallas, MS.),

    • 2452
      • ;
    • B. 1224.
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  • Ðeáh ðeós woruld wéde, and windige éhtnysse ástyrige ongeán Cristes gelaðunge

    m
    • Homl. Th. ii. 388, 9
      • .
windy, flatulent. v. wind, II.
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  • Gif se útgang sié windig and wætrig,

    • Lchdm. ii. 236, 6
      • .

  • Be windigre wambe,

    • 162, 23
      • .

  • Wiþ windigre áþundenesse,

    • 166, 25 : 188, 22
      • .

  • Wiþ ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen,

    • 214, 3
      • .
Etymology
[
Icel. vindugr
.]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “windig.” 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/35871.

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