Wiht
- noun [ feminine ]
Grammar
Wright's OE grammar
§103;
§391;
the Isle of Wight
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Seó mǽið ðe nú eardaþ on Wiht,
- Chr. 449; Th. i. 20, col. I: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 431, 16, 24: v. 82, 19: vi. 196, 8.
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Cámon sex scipu tó Wiht,
- Chr. 897 ; Th. i. 176, 7.
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Into Wiht (Wihtlande,
v.ll.
),- 1006; Th. i. 257, col. 2.
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Tó Wiht (Wihtlande,
v. l.
),- 1022; Th. i. 286, col. I. On Wihtlande, 998 ; Th. i. 246, 24.
- Intó Wihtlande, 1001 ; Th. i. 250, 13.
- Hé on Wiht gehergade, 661 ; Th. i. 54, 24.
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Hié Wieht (Wiht,
v. l. ) forhergedon, 681; Th. i. 62, col. I. Hér Cerdic and Cynríc genámon Wihte eálond (Wihtland, Wiht ðæt eáland, v. ll. ),
- 530; Th. i. 26, 33.
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Hié sealdon hiera nefum Wiht eáland (Wihte eáland, Wiht ðæt égland, Wihtland,
v. ll.), 534 ; Th. i. 28, col. I. Ymbe Wiht ðæt ígland (Wiht-land, v. l.) Vectae insulae
.- Bd. pref. ; S. 472, 14.
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Seó ðeód ðe Wiht ðæt eálond (Wihtland, v. l.) oneardaþ
gens quae Vectam tenet insulam
,- I. 15; S. 483, 22.
- [From Latin Vecta or Vectis.]
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “Wiht.” 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/35707.
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