Wente

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wente

According to the Old English Dictionary:

Wente
pl. I. the people of Gwent (the district comprising Mon-mouth and Glamorgan) :-- Ealle ða cyngas ðe on ðyssum íglande wǽron he (Athelstane) gewylde ; ǽrest Huwal West-Wala cyning, and Cosstantin Scotta cyning and Uwen Wenta cyning, Chr. 926 ; Erl. 111, 43. II. the same as Waller-wente q.

Related words: :-- Nemne man him ealswá micel Wente swá cyninges þegne, L. N. P. L. 52 ; Th. ii. 298, 11 : 53; Th. ii. 298, 14. v. Went-sǽte. wente

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