Æl-wihta

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - æl-wihta

According to the Old English Dictionary:

æl-wihta
pl. I. strange creatures, monsters; alieni generis entia, monstra :-- Ðæt ðǽr gumena sum ælwihta eard ufan cunnode that a man from above explored there the dwelling of strange creatures, Beo. Th. 3004; B. 1500. II. all created things; omnia creata :-- Helm ælwihta, engla scippend the protector of all created things, the creator of angels, Andr. Kmbl. 236; An. 118.

Related words: eall-wihta. æl-wihta

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