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FYRWET

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
FYRWET, -wit, -wyt, es; n.
Curiosity; cūriōsĭtas
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  • Hyne fyrwet bræc

    curiosity urged him,

    • Beo. Th. 5562
    • ;
    • B. 2784 : 3975
    • ;
    • B. 1985.
  • Mec ðæs on worulde full oft fyrwit frineþ

    my curiosity enquireth very often about this in the world,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 117
    • ;
    • Sal. 58.
  • Hine fyrwyt bræc

    curiosity urged him,

    • Beo. Th. 470
    • ;
    • B. 232.
  • He his fyrwites ganges gylt forgeaf

    he forgave him the guilt of his walk of curiosity,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 138, 24.
  • Þurh fyrwet

    through curiosity,

    • Exon. 9 a
    • ;
    • Th. 6, 30
    • ;
    • Cri. 92.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. firiwit, m. n
:
O. H. Ger. firiwizzí, f. cūriōsĭtas, portentum
:
Icel. fyrir-wissa, f. a foreboding.
]
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v.  firwet fyrwit fyrwyt.
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