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weód

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
weód, es; n. f. (?)
A useless or injurious plant, a weed
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  • Æceres weód, ðæt ðe bið on ofen ásend

    faenum agri, quod in clibanum mittitur,

      Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30.

  • Hwonan hæfð hit ðæt weód (

    zizania

    ) ?
      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 27.

  • Is áwriten ðæt hé séwe ðæt weód on ða gódan ǽceras,

      Past. 47 ; Swt. 357, 17.

  • Ðá æteáwde ða weód,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 26, 25, 29, 30.
  • Mótan ealle weóda nú wyrtum áspringan. Lchdm. iii. 36, 26.

  • Swá hwá swá wille sáwan westmbǽre land, átió ǽrest of ealle ða weód ðe hé gesió, ðæt ðám æcerum derigen,

      Bt. 23; Fox 78, 23 : Met. 12, 4, 28.
Etymology
[Forgrouwen mid brimbles, and mid þornes, and mid iuele wiedes, O. E. Homl. ii. 129, 25. Wo þat mygte weoden abbe and þe roten gnawe, R. Glouc. 404, 11. Weed or wyyld herb herba silvestris vel herba nociva, Prompt. Parv. 519. O. Sax. wiod.]
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v. un-weód.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “weód.” 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/35105.

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