Wīgend

m. I. a fighting man, a warrior, soldier :-- Wīgend weordtullost (Beowulf), Beo. Th. 6189; B. 3099. Dæm wīg-gende (Constantine), Elen. Kmbl. 1964; El. 984. Ð wīggend (Holofernes), Judth. Thw. 25, 13; Jud. 258. Wīgend cruncon wundum wērige, Byrht. Th. 140, 43; By. 302; Beo. Th. 6279; B. 3144. Wīgend unforhte. Cd. Th. 189, 6; Exod.180. Wīgend, cēne under cumblum, Andr. Kmbl. 2408; An. 1205. Wīggend, Judth. Thw. 22, 20; Jud. 69: 23, 26 ; Jud. 141. Wīgendra scolu (Ulysses and his men), Met. 26, 31. Wīggendra, Andr. Kmbl. 2191 ; An. 1097. Hē dǣ word ācwæþ tō dām wīggendum, Judth. Thw. 25, 29; Jud. 283. Wīgend weccean, Beo. Th. 3040; B. 3024: Elen. Kmbl. 211; El. 106. II. n noble, strenuous man :-- Se wīgend, Nergendes þegen, Mathias, Menol. Fox 49; Men. 24. Ða wīgend, cempan coste (St. Andrew and St. Matthew), Andr. Kmbl. 2108; An. 1055. Wuldres wynn, wīgendra þrym, 1774; An. 889. Wīgend (St. Andrew's disciples), 1699; An. 852. Gelǣdde da wīgend (those in the ark) weroda Drihten, Cd. Th. 85, 7 ; Gen. 1411. ¶ in the phrase wīgendra hleó UNCERTAIN a lord, chief :-- Wīgendra 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. Ðū eart weoroda God, wīgendra hleó, helm alwihta, Exon. Th. 25, 31; Cri. 409. Wíggendra hleó, Eádmund cyning, Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 18. [O. Sax. O. Frs. wīgand : O. H. Ger. wīgant bellator, pugnator, mars, armatus.]