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dæg-wist
/dæɣwist /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine, Feminine
This might be just a supplemental entry substituting part of an entry in the Main Volume.
dæg-wist
, e; f. Substitute: , es; m. A meal, food :-- Hé ðone hálgan (Cuthbert) grétte, biddende þæt hé him dægwistes tíðode (that he would give him a meal). Cúðberhtus cwæð: 'Ic wolde ðíne ðénunge sylf nú gearcian, gif ic mé mid féðunge ferian mihte,' Hml. Th. ii. 134, 30. Him syððan sig dægwistes (wegnestes, v. l.) getíðod, gif hig þæs gewilnion, and swá hám gecyrran, R. Ben. 102, 22. Cf. dæg-mete.
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dæg-wist
, e; f. [wist food] A day's food; diei victus :-- Ðæt he him dægwistes tiðode that he would give him a day's food, Homl. Th. ii. 134, 30.
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