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wíd-land

  • noun [ neuter ]
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wíd-land, es ; n. I.
broad land, the face of the earth. Cf. wíd*-*sǽ
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  • Nǽron Metode wídlond (

    or under

    II) ne wegas nytte, ac stód be*-*wrigen folde mid flóde,
      Cd. Th. 10, 13; Gen. 156.
  • Ic on middangeard nǽfre egorhere eft gelǽde, wæter ofer wídland,

      92, 33; Gen. 1538: 85,9; Gen. 1412 : Andr. Kmbl. 395; An. 198.
  • Hé ús giefeþ welan ofer wídlond. Exon. Th. 38,

      11; Cri. 605.
  • II.

    a broad, spacious land

    :-- Geaf ic welan ofer wídlonda gehwylc,
      Exon. Th. 85, 2 ; Cri. 1385.
  • [Cf. Icel. víð-lendr having broad lanids.] Cf. síd-land.
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