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wine

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wine, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§215; §385; §386;
A friend.
applied to an equal
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  • Wine mín,

      Húnferð, Beo. Th. 1065; B. 530.

  • Hé ongan winas manian, frýnd and geféran,

      Byrht. Th. 138, 31 ; By. 228.
applied to one who can help or protect,
a friendly lord, a (powerful) friend
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  • Wine fród . . . Geared lǽfde land and leódweard (cf. Geared gold brittade . . . , his freómágum leóf,

      72, 8 ; Gen. 1183), Cd. Th. 72, 29; Gen. 1194.

  • Ne þurfon mé hæleð ætwítan, nú mín wine (

    Byrhtnoth

    ) gecranc, ðæt ic hláfordleás hám síðie,
      Byrht. Th. 139, 7; By. 250.

  • Wine Scyldinga, leóf landfruma,

      Beo. Th. 60; B. 30 : 298 ; B. 148.
  • Wine Scyldinga, ríces hyrde, 4057 ; B. 2026.

  • Meaht ðú, mín wine (

    my lord

    ), méce gecnáwan, 4100 ;
      B. 2047.

  • Wine Ebréa (

    Abraham

    ),
      Cd. Th. 170, 20; Gen. 2816.

  • Æfter wines (cf. freán úserne, leófne mannan (

    Beowulf

    ),
      6206; B. 3107) dǽdum, Beo. Th. 6184; B. 3096.

  • Hé sóhte holdne wine (

    Hrothgar

    ),
      758; B. 376.

  • Wine Deniga, freán Scyldinga,

      706; B. 350.

  • Ne sint mé winas (

    friends who will protect

    ) cúðe eorlas elþeódige,
      Andr. Kmbl. 396; An. 198.

  • Ðǽr him folcweras fremde wǽron, wine uncúðe,

      Cd. Th. 110, 32; Gen. 1847.

  • Ic fela folca gesóhte, wina uncúðra,

      163, 14 ; Gen. 2698.

  • Hé (

    Pharaoh) héht him (Abraham) wine (or sing.? )

    ceósan, ellor æðelingas, óðre dugeðe,
      112, 8; Gen. 1867.

  • Ne ceara incit duguða ellor sécan, winas uncúðe, ac wuniaþ hér,

      165, 19; Gen. 2734.
used of a husband or lover
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  • Mín freónd siteþ, wine wérigmód . . . Dreógeþ se mín wine micle mód*-*ceare,

      Exon. Th. 444, 15-22; Kl. 47-51.

  • Ðú meaht hit mé (

    Eve

    ) wítan, wine mín,
      Adam, Cd. Th. 51, 10 ; Gen. 824.

  • Wine

    amatore (the passage is: Ab alio amatore (Christ )

    praeventa sum, qui me annulo fidei suae subarravit,
      Ald. 60), Hpt. Gl. 506, 55.
applied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn
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  • Hróðgár maþelode: "Wine mín,

      Beówulf. . . , " Beo. Th. 919; B. 457: 3413; B. 1704.

  • Se eádga wer (

    Guthlac) ágeaf andsware : "Hwæt, ðú (the disciple )

    mé, mín wine, frignest, "
      Exon. Th. 175, 25; Gú. 1200.
  • Ða gástas ðus ðone líchoman grétaþ : " Wine leófesta, " Soul Kmbl. 266; Seel. 137: Andr. Kmbl. 614; An. 307: 2862; An. 1433.

  • Dryhten wine sínne (

    St. Andrew

    ) grétte,
      2926; An. 1466.

  • Wine leófestan (

    Guthlac's disciple

    ),
      Exon. Th. 166, 1; Gú. 1036.

  • Winiga (wunga, MS.) hleó (

    Guthlac

    ),
      184, 4; Gú. 1339.

  • Winia bealdor (

    Beowulf

    ),
      Beo. Th. 5127 ; B. 2567.
  • Winigea (or under
?) leásum, 3332; B. 1664.
Etymology
[Brutus þe wes mi deore wine, mi drihliche lauerd (mi louerd deore, 2nd MS.), Laym. 2289. Og eurilc wurðen stedefæst his wine, Misc. 12, 374. O. Sax. wini: O. H. Ger. wini amicus, sodalis, dilectus: Icel. vinr.]
Similar entries
v. freá-, freó-, gold-, gúð-, iu-, mǽg-, sundor-, un-wine.
Linked entries
v.  dæg-wine.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wine.” 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/35887.

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