Ge-wegan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

ge-wegan

Add :-- I. to bear, have a feeling, IV. 3 :-- Hé wynne gewigeð, Reim. 76. II. to weigh. (1) to weigh in a balance, measure by weight :-- In swá hwelce giwége giwegen gí bióðon eft giwegen bið iów in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur uobis, Mk. R. 4, 24. (2) to weigh, be of a certain weight :-- ꝥ man myclade ꝥ ordálýsen ꝥ hit gewege (gewǽge, v. l.) þrý pund, Ll. Th. i. 224, 14. Drince on wætere betonican dustes ꝥ ǽnne pening gewege, Lch. ii. 134, 26: 18, 4. Nime betonican ꝥ wille þrý penegas gewegan, 150, 18. (3) of a weight, to be the equivalent in weight of a certain amount :-- Genim betonican swilce swá .iii. penegas gewegen, Lch. ii. 52, 13. Swilce swá twégen penegas gewegen, 64, 17. Swilc swá þrý penegas gewegen, 7. [Goth. ga-wigans coagitatus: O. H. Ger. ge-wegan librare, ponderare, appendere; ge-wegan; pp. coagitatus.] ge-wegan

Related words: wegan;