Bí-wyrde

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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bí-wyrde

n. A proverb, saying :-- Bíwyrde proverbium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 56. Bíwyrda proverbiorum, An. Ox. 5232. [N. E. D. by-word. O. H. Ger. pí-wurti proverbium, parabola.] bi-wyrde