Ge-wand

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-wand

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ge-wand
n. I. a turning aside, shrinking, hesitation :-- Hé Godes þá gecorenan búton gewande getúcude eall swá hé wolde, Hml. S. 23, 15. Hí búton gewande sóna in tó þám ciningce eódon, 142. Ic eów bidde ꝥ gé búton gewande dón swá ic eów bebeode, 161. II. fear of a person :-- Þæt hý for ðǽre sceame and for gewande þára þe him on lóciað gebeterede sýn ut visi ab omnibus vel pro ipsa verecundia sua emendentur, R. Ben. 68, 18.

Related words: wandian. ge-wand

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