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winestra

  • adjective
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Grammar
winestra, adj.
Left; the feminine form is used substantively = left hand. v. swíþ, II.
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  • Ðæt sió winestre hand ne scyle witan hwæt sió suíðre dó,

      Past. 44; Swt. 323, 14. "
    Dryhtnes winestre hand is under mínum heáfde. " Sió winestre hand Godes, hé cwæð, wǽre under his heáfde . . . Eft wæs gecueden ðætte on his winestran handa wǽre wela. . . Godes fiónd, ðeáh hí on ðære winstran handa bión geðigene, hí beóð mid ðære swíðran tóbrocene, 50; Swt. 389, 10-25.

  • Him wæs gelíce gewylde his wynstre and his swíðre . . . Ðá ábrǽd Aoth his swurd mid his wynstran handa,

      Jud. 3, 15, 21.

  • Nyte ðín wynstre (winstra, Lind.: se winstrae hond, Rush.,

    sinistra

    ) hwæt dó ðín swýðre,
      Mt. Kmbl. 6, 3.

  • Wiþ ðære winestran sídan sáre,

      Lchdm. ii. 64, 4.

  • On ðam winestran earme,

      254, 5.

  • Gif ðú færst tó ðære winstran hælfe, ic healde ða swíðran healfe,

      Gen. 13, 9.

  • On his wynsteran (wynstran,

    v. l.: on ða winstran healfe, Rush.: of winstrum, Lind., a sinistris )

    healfe,
      Mt. Kmbl. 25, 33.

  • On ða winstran hond,

      Exon. Th. 75, 28 ; Cri. 1228.

  • Wynstran,

      83, 31; Cri. 1364: Gen. 48, 14.

  • On ða wynstran healfe

    ad sinistram

    ,
      Deut. 5, 32.

  • Fealleþ ðé on ða wynstran þúsend,

      Ps. Th. 90, 7.

  • On ðæt wynstre weorud,

      Exon. Th. 449, 22; Dóm. 75.
Etymology
[ O. Sax. winistro: O. Frs. winstera: O. H. Ger. winstero, winistro, winstro: Icel. vinstri.]
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v. Grmm. Gesch. D. S. c. xl.
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v.  winstre wynstra.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “winestra.” 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/35895.

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