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to bear, have a feeling, v. wegan;
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  • Hé wynne gewigeð,

      Reim. 76.
to weigh.
to weigh in a balance,
measure by weight
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  • In swá hwelce giwége giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów

    in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis,

      Mk. R. 4, 24.
to weigh, be of a certain weight
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  • ꝥ man myclade ꝥ ordálýsen ꝥ hit gewege (gewǽge,

    v. l.

    ) þrý pund,
      Ll. Th. i. 224, 14.
  • Drince on wætere betonican dustes ꝥ ǽnne pening gewege,

      Lch. ii. 134, 26: 18, 4.
  • Nime betonican ꝥ wille þrý penegas gewegan,

      150, 18.
of a weight,
to be the equivalent in weight of a certain amount
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  • Genim betonican swilce swá .iii. penegas gewegen,

      Lch. ii. 52, 13.
  • Swilce swá twégen penegas gewegen,

      64, 17.
  • Swilc swá þrý penegas gewegen, 7.
Etymology
[Goth. ga-wigans coagitatus: O. H. Ger. ge-wegan librare, ponderare, appendere; ge-wegan; pp. coagitatus.]
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