Widuwa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Widuwa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: next word. widuwa

Definitions

1 widuwa

m. A widower :-- Ðæt bið rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurh-wunige on his cnihtháde, óð ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige; and habbe ða syððan, ða hwíle ðe seó libbe: gif hire ðonne forðsíð gebyrige, ðonne is rihtost ðæt hé þananforð wydewa þurhwunige, L. I. P. 22 ; Th. ii. 332, 32. [Zaynte Paul zayþ to wodewon (non nuptis et viduis) : Huo þet guod is, he him hyealde ine þe stat of wodewehod; and ȝef hit him naȝt ne lykeþ, he him wyui, Ayenb. 225, 14. O. H. Ger. witwo celebs.]

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ᚹᛁᛞᚢᚹᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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