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wóþ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wóþ, e ; f.
a sound, cry, noise
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  • Wearð breahtm hæfen, wóð up áslág, cearfulra cirm, cleopedon monige,

    • Exon. Th. 118, 4
    • ;
    • Gú. 234: 125, 31
    • ;
    • Gú. 362.
  • Hý mislíce, mongum reordum, wóðe hófun, hlúdne herecirni,

    • 156, 8
    • ;
    • Gú. 871.
of articulate or melodious sound, voice, song, speech
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  • Wooð, uuóþ

    lepor,

      Txts. 73, 1196.
  • Wóþ

    facundia,

      i.
    eloquentia,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 3.
  • Mid ðære getyngan wóð

    lepida,

      50, 44. lc
    Ic hæltþum bodige wilcumena fela wóþe mínre,
    • Exon. Th. 591, 5
    • ;
    • Rä. 9,

    Hé áhóf wóðe: ' Hwæt! gé sind earme,'

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1349
    • ;
    • An. 675.
  • Hí singaþ heofoncyninges lof, wóða wlitegaste, and dás word cweðaþ,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1494
    • ;
    • El. 749.
  • Swéghleóþor cymeþ, wóþa wynsumast, þurh ðæs wildres múð.

    • Exon. Th. 358, 9
    • ;
    • Pä. 43.
Etymology
[
Cf. (?) Goth. weit-wódei witness
:
Icel. óðr; m. mind; song.
]
Similar entries
v. heáfod-wóþ.
Linked entries
v.  þoot þoot.
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