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wist

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
wist, e; f. (and m.?
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v. big-, dæg-, hús-, neáh-wist.
)
Wright's OE grammar
§390; §616;
being.
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v. æt-, ed-, gador-, gegador-, hús-, los-, mid-, neáh-, on-, sam-, stede-wist.
subsistence
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  • Wist vel anleofa stips,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 8.

  • Wiste

    stipis,

      Anglia xiii. 36, 348.
sustenance, food, provisions
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  • Næs ðǽr hláfes wist, ne wæteres tó brúcanne; ah hié blód and fel þégon,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 42
      • ;
    • An. 21.

  • Hé næfþ ða neódþearfe áne, ðæt is wist and wǽda,

    • Bt. 33, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 124, 17
      • .

  • Of ungemete wiste and wǽda,

    • Met. 25, 39
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 222, 11
      • ;
    • Dan. 103
      • .

  • Welan and wiste,

    • 59, 29
      • ;
    • Gen. 971.

  • Hé smeáde hwǽr hí bigleofan biddan sceoldon, ðá ðá hí ða fare férdon búton wiste,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 34
      • :
    • Cd. Th. 185, 30
      • ;
    • Exod. 130.

  • Gif feohbót áríseþ, ðæt gebyreþ tó wǽde and tó wiste ðám ðe Gode þeówian,

    • L. Eth. vi. 51
      • ; Th. i. 328, 7.

  • Tódǽlan werum tó wiste fǽges flǽschoman,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 305
      • ;
    • An. 153
      • :
    • Menol. Fox 388
      • ;
    • Men. 195
      • :
    • Soul Kmbl. 49
      • ;
    • Seel. 25.

  • Genóh wǽre ðam wǽdlan his untrumnys, þeáh ðe hé wiste hæfde,

      Homl. Th. i. 330, 16.

  • Mon tó andleofne eorðan wæstmas hám gelǽdeþ, wiste wynsume,

    • Exon. Th. 214, 26
      • ; Ph. 245: Cd. Th. 81, 4;
    • Gen. 1340
      • .

  • Nafast ðú hláfes wiste, ne hlútterne drync,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 623
      • ;
    • An. 312
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1231
      • ;
    • El. 617
      • .

  • Forlǽt eal ðæt ðú áge búton wiste and wǽda,

      Prov. Kmbl. 80.

  • Næbbe ic welan ne wiste,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 603
      • ;
    • An. 302: 635
      • ;
    • An. 318.

  • Hé áfédde of fixum twám and of fíf hláfum fira cynnes fíf þúsendo; wiste þégon menu,

      1186; An. 593.

  • Waldend ðé wist gife, heofonlícne hláf,

      776; An. 388.

  • Hunig, wynsume wist,

    • Frag. Kmbl. 40
      • ;
    • Leás. 22.

  • Fóddurwelan, wist,

    • Exon. Th. 415, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 33, 11
      • .

  • Sylle him mon wist and wǽdo,

    • 336, 12
      • ;
    • Gn. Ex. 48
      • .

  • Wistum gehladen,

      492, 16; Rä. 81, 16.

  • Mid wistum þénian

    to serve with food,

      Homl. Skt. i. 7, 390.

  • Ic welan and wista gife eów genóge,

      Wulfst. 132, 15.
dainty food, a feast.
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v. wistfullian
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  • Ðeós wist

    epulum,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 13
      • ;
    • Zup. 86, 6
      • .

  • Wist epulae, keninga wist vel éstas dapes,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 12, 13.

  • Wiste wlonc and wínes sæd,

    • Exon. Th. 369, 10
      • ;
    • Seel. 39
      • .

  • Ðonne ðú dést wist oððe feorme

    cum facis prandium aut caenam,

      Lk. Skt. 14, 12.

  • Æt hám findaþ witode him wiste and blisse,

    • Exon. Th. 430, 14
      • ;
    • Rä. 44, 8
      • .

  • Wista

    dapes,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 63.

  • Hwǽr beóþ ðonne his welan and his wista?

      Blickl. Homl. 111, 33.

  • Wista

    epularum,

    • Hpt. Gl. 481, 15
      • :
    • Exon. Th. 130, 6
      • ;
    • Gú. 434
      • .

  • Gebytlu mid wistum áfyllede,

    • Homl. Th. i. 68, 3
      • :
    • 74, 27
      • .

  • In wistum mínum

    in delitiis meis,

      Ps. Surt. 138, 11.

  • Wystu

    delicias, epulas,

      Hpt. Gl. 480, 76.

  • Wista

    delicias,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 69.

  • Wiste

    epulas,

      Kent. Gl. 787.

  • Hié hæfdon wiste and plegan,

      Blickl. Homl. 99, 21.
eating, feasting
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  • Nelle ðú grǽdig beón on ealre wiste (epulatione),

      Scint. 169, 17.

  • Hí on druncennysse and on wiste hiora wombe þeówiaþ,

    • L. E. I. 45
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 442, 1
      • .

  • Wunaþ hé on wiste,

    • Beo. Th. 3474
      • ;
    • B. 1735
      • .

  • Hine his goldwine wenede tó wiste,

    • Exon. Th. 288, 24
      • ;
    • Wand. 36
      • .

  • Hé ǽlce dæge symblede and mid micelre wiste wǽre geleormod,

    • Past. 45
      • ;
    • Swt. 337, 24
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. wists; f. natura
:
O. Sax. wist; m. food
:
O. H. Ger. wist; f. substantia; alimentum, stipendium
:
Icel. vist; f. abode; food.
]
Similar entries
v. and-, big-, dæg-, ofer-wist (for other compounds see I.).
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wist.” 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/36068.

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