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wígend

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wígend, wíggend, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§416; §418; §601;
a fighting man, a warrior, soldier
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  • Wígend weorðtullost (

    Beowulf

    ),
      Beo. Th. 6189; B. 3099.
  • Ðæm wíggende (

    Constantine

    ),
      Elen. Kmbl. 1964; El. 984.
  • Ðone wíggend (

    Holofernes

    ),
      Judth. Thw. 25, 13; Jud. 258.
  • Wígend cruncon wundum wérige,

      Byrht. Th. 140, 43; By. 302; Beo. Th. 6279; B. 3144.
  • Wígend unforhte,

      Cd. Th. 189, 6; Exod.180.
  • Wígend, céne under cumblum,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2408; An. 1205.
  • Wíggend,

      Judth. Thw. 22, 20; Jud. 69: 23, 26 ; Jud. 141.
  • Wígendra scolu (

    Ulysses and his men

    ),
      Met. 26, 31.
  • Wíggendra,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2191 ; An. 1097.
  • Hé ðǽt word ácwæþ tó ðám wíggendum,

      Judth. Thw. 25, 29; Jud. 283.
  • Wígend weccean,

      Beo. Th. 6040; B. 3024: Elen. Kmbl. 211; El. 106.
a noble, strenuous man
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  • Se wígend, Nergendes þegen,

      Mathias, Menol. Fox 49; Men. 24.
  • Ða wígend, cempan coste (

    St. Andrew and St. Matthew

    ),
      Andr. Kmbl. 2108; An. 1055.
  • Wuldres wynn, wígendra þrym,

      1774; An. 889.
  • Wígend (

    St. Andrew's disciples

    ),
      1699; An. 852.
  • Gelǽdde ða wígend (

    those in the ark) weroda Drihten, Cd. Th. 85, 7 ; Gen. 1411. ¶ in the phrase wígendra hleó a lord, chief :-- Wígendra hleó, freáwine folca (Hrothgar), Beo. Th. 863; B. 429 : (Sigemund), 1803 ; B. 899 : (the Deity), Andr. Kmbl. 1011; An. 506 : (St. Andrew ),

    1792 ;
      An. 898.
  • Ðú eart weoroda God, wígendra hleó, helm alwihta,

      Exon. Th. 25, 31; Cri. 409.
  • Wíggendra hleó, Eádmund cyning,

      Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 18.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. Frs. wígand : O. H. Ger. wígant bellator, pugnator, mars, armatus.]
Similar entries
v. burg-, byrn-, gár-, lind-, rand-, sweord-wígend (-wígende).
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