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mód-wén

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mód-wén, e; f.
Hope entertained by the mind
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  • Forþ áscúfan ðæt mines freán módwén (RUNE, MS.) freoþaþ middelnihtum

    to push on what my lord's hopes favour at midnight (to carry out the plans which are thought on at night, and in which he hopes to succeed?

    ),
    • Exon. 129b
    • ;
    • Th. 498, 3
    • ;
    • Rä. 87, 7.
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v.  wén wyn.
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  • mód-wén, n.