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ge-wider

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ge-wider, -widor, es; pl. nom. acc. -wideru, -widera, -widru; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§12; §41; §547;
Weather, the temperature of the air, a tempest; tempestas, cæli tempĕries
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  • Hí monige dagas windes and gewidor abidon

    opportūnos alĭquot dies ventos expectārent,

    • Bd. 5, 9
      • ;
    • S. 623, 19
      • .

  • Se sceortigenda dæg hæfþ líðran gewideru [gewidera, MS. R.] ðonne se langienda dæg

    the shortening day hath milder weather than the lengthening day,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
      • ;
    • Lchdm. iii. 252, 9, MS. L
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 11, 121
      • ;
    • Met. 11, 61
      • .

  • On ðæm dæge eall godes folc sceal god biddan ðæt he him forgefe smyltelíco gewidra and genihtsume wæstmas

    on that day all God's folk are to pray God to give them fair weather and abundant harvests

    ,
    • Shrn. 74, 11
    .

  • Ðonne wind styreþ láþ gewidru

    when the wind stirs hateful tempests,

    • Beo. Th. 2754
      • ;
    • B. 1375
      • .
Etymology
[Cf.
O. Sax. un-giwideri:
O. H. Ger.gi-witri temperies, tempestas:
Ger. ge-witter
.]
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v. ge-weder.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wider.” 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/16807.

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