Wídness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wídness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e ; Related words: l.

Definitions

1 wídness

f. Width :-- Heora wíde (wídnes, , longitudo eorum .cc. stadia sunt, Nar. 36, 28. Ðæs temples længc waes syxtig fæðma, and seó wídnes wæs twéntig fæþma, and his heáhnys wæs þrítyg fæþma, Anglia xi. 9, 27. Ðæt tempel wæs . . . on wídnysse twéntig fæðma. . . Ðæt eástportic wæs on lenge twéntig fæðma be ðæs temples wídnysse, and wæs týn fæðma wíd. Homl. Th. ii. 578, 10-13. widness

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ᚹᛁᛞᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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