big-wist
- noun [ feminine ]
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Bigwist
alimentum, pabulum,
- Abus. 4.
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We lǽraþ, ðæt hí habban þreóra daga bíwiste
we enjoin, that they have provision for three days,
- L. Edg. C. 3; Th. ii. 244, 12.
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He habban sceal ðám þrím geférscipum bíwiste
he must have provisions for the three classes,
- Bt. 17; Fox 60, 3, 4.
Bosworth, Joseph. “big-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/4311.
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