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ge-wylde

  • adjective
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ge-wylde, adj.
Subject, under one's power or control, in one's possesion
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  • Him wæs gelíce gewylde his wynstre and his swíðre

    utraque manu pro dextra utebatur,

    • Jud. 3, 15
      • .

  • Nis us nán lim swá gewylde to ǽlcum weorce swá us sind úre fingras

    we have no limb so at our disposal for every work as are the fingers,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 204, 7
      • .

  • Seó gewylde gleáwnes

    consummata prudentia,

    • Nar. 2, 1
      • .

  • He hit eft gedyde unc swá gewylde swá hit ðá wæs ðá we hit him óðfæstan

    he should put it again as much under our control as it was when we entrusted it to him,

    • Th. Chart. 484, 30
      • :
    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. v. 120, 19
      • .

  • He ne funde nán máre landes ðe ðiderynn gewylde wǽre ðonne twá hída landes

    he found no more land belonging thereto than two hides,

    • Th. Chart. 429, 3
      • .

  • Swá he swíðor syngaþ swá he deófle gewyldra biþ

    the more he sins the more he will be in the devil's power,

    • Homl. Th. i. 268, 24
      • .
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v. un-gewylde.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ge-wylde.” 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/16932.

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