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big-wist

  • noun [ feminine ]
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big-wist, bí-wist, e; f. [wist subsistence, victuals, food; wesan to be, exist]
Food, nourishment, provision; pabulum, alimentum, commeatus
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  • Bigwist

    alimentum, pabulum,

      Abus. 4.
  • 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.
  • He habban sceal ðám þrím geférscipum bíwiste

    he must have provisions for the three classes,

      Bt. 17; Fox 60, 3, 4.
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v.  bí-wist.
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  • big-wist, n.