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wicg

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
wicg, es; n. (a poetical word)
Wright's OE grammar
§356;
A steed
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  • Bið se hwæteádig (ðe) ðæt wicg byrð,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2390; El. 1196.
  • Wycg,

      Exon. Th. 395, 10; Rä. 15, 5.
  • Wicgce ł meare

    cornipede, equo,

      Hpt. Gl. 406, 21.
  • Wicge wegan,

      Exon. Th. 395, 27; Rä. 15, 14.
  • Wicge rídan,

      Beo. Th. 474; B. 234.
  • Hé on meare rád, on wlancan ðam wicge,

      Byrht. Th. 138, 54; By. 240: Exon. Th. 489, 14; Rä. 78, 7.
  • On wicge sittan,

      Beo. Th. 578; B. 286: Runic pm. Kmbl. 345, 1; Rún. 27.
  • Gúðbeorna sum wicg gewende,

      Beo. Th. 635; B. 315.
  • Ongunnon stígan on wægn weras and hyra wicg somod,

      Exon. Th. 404, 18; Rä. 23, 9: 405, 11; Rä. 23, 21.
  • Onweald wicga and wǽpna,

      Beo. Th. 2094; B. 1045.
  • Wicgum ridan,

      Exon. Th. 404, 4; Rä. 23, 2.
  • Beornas cómon wiggum gengan, on mearum módige,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2192; An. 1097.
  • Þrió wicg,

      Beo. Th. 4355; B. 2174.
Etymology
[He (Jesus) sende after þe alre unwurþeste wig one to riden, and þat is asse, O. E. Homl. ii. 89, 15. O. Sax. wigg: Icel. vigg (poet.).]
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  • wicg, n.