Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wider

Part of speech: -widor, es; Related words: ge-weder. ge-wider

Definitions

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1 ge-wider

pl. nom. acc. -wideru, -widera,-widru; n. Weather, the temperature of the air, a tempest; tempestas, cæli tempĕries :-- Hí monige dagas windes and gewidor abidon opportūnos alĭquot dies ventos expectārent, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 19. Se sceortigenda dæg hæfþ líðran gewideru [gewidera, MS. R.] ðonne se langienda dæg the shortening day hath milder weather than the lengthening day, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 252, 9, MS. L: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 121; Met. 11, 61. On ðæm dæge eall godes folc sceal god biddan ðæt he him forgefe smyltelíco gewidra and genihtsume wæstmas on that day all God's folk are to pray God to give them fair weather and abundant harvests, Shrn. 74, 11, Ðonne wind styreþ láþ gewidru when the wind stirs hateful tempests, Beo. Th. 2754; B. 1375. [Cf. O. Sax. un-giwideri: O. H. Ger. gi-witri temperies, tempestas: Ger. ge-witter.]

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Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛁᛞᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.: Beowulf
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Shrn.: Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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