Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

æ
þ

ge-wǽge

Dictionary links
Substitute: Weight.
determination of amount by weighing
Show examples

  • In swá hwelce giwége (on suá huælc gewǽge, L.) giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów

    in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis,

      Mk. R. 4, 24.

  • Genim ðú betonican þǽre wyrte twá trymessan gewǽge (

    by weight

    ),
      Lch. i. 76, 11: 17: 22: 78, 8: 13.
an amount determined by weighing.
indefinite
Show examples

  • Gewoege ł gemet gód hiá sellað

    mensuram bonam dabunt,

      Lk. L. 6, 38.
a definite amount
Show examples

  • Genim ðú huniges ánre yndsan gewǽge (cf. genim huniges áne yndsan, 17)

    take an ounce weight of honey,

      Lch. i. 76, 11.

  • Genim þǽre wyrte twégra trymesa gewǽge,

      78, 24: 180, 27.

  • Genim týn penega gewǽge,

      116, 5: iii. 46, 11.
  • Betonican swilce ánes peninges gewǽge, ii. 108, 4.

  • Cnuca tó dúste ánre tremese gewihte (gewǽge,

    v. l.

    ), i.
      110, 9.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. ge-wági stater, talentum, mina.]
Similar entries
v. sinc-gewǽge.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wǽge.” 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/50362.

Checked: 0
Full form

Word-wheel

  • ge-wǽge,

Copyright

All the data provided here are free for any purpose. If you use the data for academic purposes, we ask that you kindly cite us as your source. In case you need a large portion of the dictionary data or you need it in a specific format, let us know through the contact form, we are happy to do custom database dumps for researchers.

How to cite

You can cite the entries of the online version of the dictionary, or you can cite the scanned pages of the original paper editions.

  • To cite the online version of the dictionary, click the icon right under the entry.
  • To cite the scanned paper version of the dictionary, click the "show/hide this scanned page" link under the entry, check the scan and use the citation information right above it.