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measurement by weighing
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  • Ealra þyssa wyrta gelíce fela be gewihte. Lch. i. 148, 23.
an amount determined by weighing
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  • Cóm Nichodemus mid gemengedre sealfe of myrran and alwan, manegra punda gewyht (

    uenit Nicodemus ferens mixturam murrae et aloes quasi libras centum,

      Jn. 19, 39), Hml. Th. ii. 260, 35.
  • His scip gehlæstan mid micclum gewihte goldes and seolfres, Ap.

    Th.

      6, 3.
  • Twǽgra béha on twéra punda gewihte,

    Cht.

      Th. 522, 22.
  • Gedríge hine, cnuca donne tó duste ánre tremese gewihte,

      Lch. i. 110, 9.
  • Genim þysse wyrte twégea trymesa gewihte and twégen scenceas wínes,

      130, 18.
  • Genim of ǽgþerre handa þreóra penega gewihte,

      246, 24 : 136, 15.
  • Genim . . . æscþrote ǽnne wrid, and ánre yntsan gewihte geswyries of seolfre,

      216, 11.
  • Genim swýþe smæl dúst, ánes scillinges gewihte,

      240, 11.
  • Ánes pundes gewihte eles and twégea ytnsa,

      118, 19.
in the following passage the construction seems unusual
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  • -Sý ánes pundes gewihte hláf tó eallum dæge panis libera uuo propensa sufficiat in die, R. Ben. 63, 14. II a. figurative :-- Gif hé gewihte besceáwað on edleáne

    si pondus considerat in reiributione,

      Scint. 10, 14.
a definite amount used as a measure
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  • Gewihte emne ys willa his

    pondus aequum uoluntas eius,

      Scint. 110, 13.
  • Ǽghwylc gewihte beó be his dihte gescyft swíðe rihte,

      Ll. Th. ii. 314, 8.
  • Ne sceall hé geþafian fals gewihte,

      312, 18.
  • Hé þóne regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne, and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett. Hml. S. 6, 68.
  • Unrihte gemeta and woge gewihta áweorpe man georne. Wlfst. 70, 3.
a system or standard of measurement by weighing
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  • Gange án gemet and ángewihte swilce man on Lundenbyrig and on Wintanceastre healde,

      Ll. Th. i. 270, 2.
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v. leád-gewiht, leád-gewihte, seolfor-gewiht, seolfor-gewihte.
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