Old English Dictionary Entry

Wente

Related words: :-- Nemne man him ealswá micel Wente swá cyninges þegne, L. N. P. L. 52, Th. ii. 298, 11 : 53, Th. ii. 298, 14. v. Went-sǽte. wente

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1 Wente

pl. I. the people of Gwent (the district comprising Mon-mouth and Glamorgan) :-- Ealle ða cyngas ðe on ðyssum íglande wǽron he (Athelstane) gewylde ; ǽrest Huwal West-Wala cyning, and Cosstantin Scotta cyning and Uwen Wenta cyning, Chr. 926 ; Erl. 111, 43. II. the same as Waller-wente q.

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᚾᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)

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