Wih

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wih

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(wih?), weoh ;

wih
gen. wīges (weós?); m. An idol :-- Hié gecwǣdon dæt hié dæs wīges (the golden image) ne rōhton, ne hiē tó dam gebede mihte gebǣdon hǣden heriges wīsa, Cd. Th. 228, 12 ; Dan. 201. Hié ne willaþ dysne wīgwurdigean, 228, 24; Dan. 208. Hē (St.Bartholomew) ne wolde wīg weordian (cf. the account in Shrn. 120, 17-32), Apstls. Kmbl. 95 ; Ap. 48. Hé hǣþengield ofer word Godes, weoh gesōhte, Exon. Th. 244, 6; Jul. 23. Wōden worhte weós, 341, 28; Gn. Ex. 133. [Cf. O. Sax. win a temple: Icel.Goth. weihs holy: O. H. Ger. wih holy.] signifer), -gild, -smiþ, -steall, -weorþung. wih

Related words: wīg-bed, -bora (

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