Old English Dictionary Entry

Widlian

Related words: á- , ge-widlian , un-wideod. widlian

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1 widlian

p. ode To defile, pollute, violate, profane :-- Ne ðæt ingaas in múð widlas (coinquinat) ðone monno. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 11. Measapreóstas sunnadæg widlas (violant), 12, 5. Ðás yflo wiðlað (widlas, Rush., communicant) ðone monno, Mk. Skt. Lind. 7, 23. Hi (the apostate angels) heofon widledan (wid lædan, MS.), Exon. Th. 317, 4; Mód. 60. Se ðe áwiht þicge ðæs ðe wesle widlige (wið licge, MSS.) qui comederit aliquid de eo quod mustela inquinaverit, L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 7. Se ðe mid ǽnige unclǽne þinge sý besmiten . . . béte hé be ðæs widlodes mǽðe (juxta pollutionis gradum), L. Ecg. P. addit. 10; Th. ii. 234, 2.

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Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛞᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.: Latin

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Exon.: Exeter Book
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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