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Wright's OE grammar
§96; §225; §239; §386;
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a saying, words
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  • Se cwide Dauides þe hé cwæð,

      Bl. H. 139, 27.

  • Drihten is gemyndig þæs his cwides þe hé gecwæð . . . and hé wolde þone cwide getrymman on þǽre godcundan dǽde,

      215, 24.

  • Getrymede mid Jóhannes cuide

    Johannis voce roborati,

      Past. 85, 20.

  • Cwyde

    sententia,

      An. Ox. 4629: Hpt. Gl. 522, 62.

  • Cwide,

      Kent. Gl. 532.

  • Se gecyrreda sceaða on his deáðes cwyde (

    by his dying words

    ) þæs écan lífes méde geearnode,
      Hml. Th. ii. 124, 33.

  • Ealdra manna cwidas and dǽda priorum gesta sive dicta, Bd. praef.; Sch. 1, 12. I a.

    a wise saying, adage, proverb, sentence

    :-- Se cwide þe þú mé sǽdest ꝥ se wísa Plato cwǽde,
      Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 20.

  • Se cwide ðe hé cwæþ: 'Swá mon má swincþ, swá mon máran méde onféhþ,' 41,

      3; F. 248, 1.

  • Of Salomonnes cuidum wé námon,

      Past. 259, 8.

  • Catus cwydas

    Catonis disticha,

      Angl. viii. 321, 29.

  • Cwidas

    sententias,

      Kent. Gl. 993.
a (grammatical)
sentence, period
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  • Bebeád hé þæt him mon lengran cwidas (

    sententias

    ) cwǽde,
      Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 559, 9.

  • Stæfcræfti(g)ra fulle cwydas (cwedas, Hpt. Gl. 473, 19)

    grammaticorum periodos,

      An. Ox. 2849.
a (judicial)
sentence
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  • Se sárlica cwide þe úre Drihten tó þǽm ǽrestan men cwæþ:

    'Terra es, et in terrain ibis,'

      Bl. H. 123, 7.

  • Se cwyde úre brosnunge,

      Hml. Th. i. 300, 6.

  • On dómes dæg hí beóþ þysne cwide gehérende,

      Bl. H. 63, 26.

  • Datianus gedihte þisne cwyde: 'Nimað þisne scyldigan . . . and ofsleáð hine,

      Hml. S. 14, 151.

  • Þone cwyde þæs sláwan þeówes

    the sentence on the slothful servant,

    23 b, 14.
a decree, decision
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  • Ǽr se dæg cyme þæt sý cwide árunnen, Sal. 479.

    Condicta, i. decreta vel

    cwidas,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 57.
a proposal, proposition
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  • Þá cwæð se apostol tó ðám hǽðengyldum: 'Gáð ealle tó Godes cyrcan . . .' Þá hǽðengyldan ðisum cwyde geðwǽrlǽhton,

      Hml. Th. i. 70, 34.
a discourse, sermon, homily
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  • Ne mage wé áwrítan ealle his wundra on ðisum scortan cwyde, Hml Th. ii. 514, 30: Hml. S. 18, 474.

  • Ic áwende on Englisc sumne cwide (

    the homily on Job

    ),
      Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 1.
a will, testament
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  • Cwyde

    testamentum,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 83, 3.

  • On cwyde þínum lǽf þearfum

    in testamento tuo relinque pauperibus,

      Scint. 146, 13.
  • v. folc-, fore-, samnung-, sealm-, spell-cwide.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cwide.” 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/42338.

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