Ge-wiht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-wiht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -wyht, -wihte, es; Related words: 26, 26. False gewihta

Definitions

1 ge-wiht

n. Weight; pondus :-- Twegra pundra gewiht two pounds' weight; dupondius, Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 67, 114; Wrt. Voc. 38, 37: Th. Chart. 522, 22: Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 5. Gange án gemet and án gewihte let one measure and one weight pass, L. Edg. ii. 8; Th. i. 270, 2. Nú hæbbe we hit bioht ongén be ðam ylcan gewihte quam nunc eodem pondĕre reportāvĭmus, Gen. 43, 21: 23, 16: Lefalse weights, L. Eth. let measures and weights be carefully rectified, vi. 32; Th. i. 322, 30: L. C. S. 9; Th. i. 380, 24. Gé etaþ hláf be gewihte ye shall eat bread by weight, Lefor two hundred mancuses of gold by weight and for five pounds by weight of silver, Th. Chart. 557, 28. See Turner's Hist. Anglo-Sax. ii. Appendix ii. [Ger. gewicht.] ge-wiht

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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