Windwian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

windwian

p. ode To winnow; ventilare, (1) literal :-- Hé corn ðærsc and windwode, Shrn. 61, 19. (2) figurative :-- Fiónd úre wé windwiaþ inimicos nostros ventilavimus, Ps. Surt. 43, 6. Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7. [God wule windwin þet er wes iþorschen, O. E. Homl. i. 85, 22. Ane wummon windwede hweate, A. R. 272, 20. Drihtin windweð his hweate, Jul. 79, 15. Winndell forr to winndwenn, Orm. 10483. Windewe, winewe, Wick. Jer. 49, 36. Wymvyn UNCERTAIN ventilo, Prompt. Parand cf. preceding word. windwian

Related words: 530.] v. á-, ge-windwian ;