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wǽg-líþend

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wǽg-líþend, es; m.: -líþende; ptcpl.
A sea-farer; sea-faring
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  • Wénaþ wǽglíþende, ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten,

      Exon. Th. 360, 26; Wal. 11.
  • Ne móston wǽglíðendum wætres brógan hrínon, ac hié God nerede,

      Cd. Th. 84, 9; Gen. 1395: Beo. Th. 6297; B. 3159.
  • Hæleð langode, wǽglíþende, hwonne hié of nearwe stæppan mósten,

      Cd. Th. 86, 17; Gen. 1432.
Etymology
[O. Sax. wág-líðand.]
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