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wíd

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wíd, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§126; §263; §426;
in reference to the dimensions of an object, wide, of (a certain)
width
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  • Se arc wæs fíftig fæðma wíd,

      Boutr. Scrd. 21, 4.
  • Fær gewyrc fiftiges wíd, ðrittiges heáh, þreó hund lang elngemeta,

      Cd. Th. 79, 7; Gen. 1307.
  • Wite ðú hú wíd and síd helheoðo dreórig, and mid hondum ámet,

      308, 29; Sat. 699, Is
    ðár on ðære myclan ciricean geworht emb ða lástas útan, hwéne wíddre ðonne byden, fæt up óþ mannes breóst heáh. Blickl. Homl. 127, 6.
where there is a considerable distance between the extremities or sides of an object,
wide, of great width, broad
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  • Wíd strǽt

    platea,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 33.
  • Ðæt geat is swýðe wíd and se weg is swíðe rúm

    lata porta et spatiosa via,

      Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13.
  • Se mereweard (

    the whale

    ) múð ontýneþ, wíde weleras . . . hí ðǽr in faraþ, óþ ðæt se wída ceafl gefylled bið,
      Exon. Th. 363, i. 13-27; Wal. 53-60.
  • Hí deópne seúð dulfon wídne. Ps. Th. 56, 8.
  • Óþ ða wýde strǽte, súð andlang strǽte,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 265, 32.
of great surface,
wide, vast, spacious, broad, ample
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  • Ðes wída grund,

      Cd. Th. 7, 11; Gen. 104.
  • Ýða gelaac, wíd gang wætera,

      Ps. Th. 118, 136.
  • Wíd is ðes wésten, wræcsetla fela,

      Exon. Th. 120, 5; Gú. 267.
  • Wæs his ríce brád, wíd and weorðlíc,

      243, 11; Jul. 9.
  • Þenden ic wealde wídan ríces,

      Beo. Th. 3723 ; B. 1859.
  • On andwlitan wídre eorðan,

      Cd. Th. 81, 25; Gen. 1350.
  • In ðære wídan byrig,

      258, 10; Dan. 673.
  • On egeslícere stówe and on wídum wéstene

    in loco horroris et vastae solitudinis,

      Deut. 32, 10.
  • Ofer wídne holm,

      Exon. Th. 296, 23; Crä. 55.
  • Ofer wíd wæter,

      Beo. Th. 4937 ; B. 2473.
  • Geond ðás wídan weoruld,

      Met. 8, 41.
  • Ic hæbbe wíde wombe,

      Exon. Th. 399, 20; Rä. 19, 3.
  • Hí gesetton Sennar wídne and sídne,

      Cd. Th. 99, 33 ; Gen. 1655.
  • Setl wíde stódan,

      6, 12; Gen. 87.
  • Of ðissum wéstum wídum mórum,

      Ps. Th. 74, 6.
  • Hæfde wederwolcen wídum fæðmum eorðan and uprodor gedǽled,

      Cd. Th. 182, 14; Exod. 75. IIIa. of
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wide, having no limit near, open, cf. wíd-sǽ
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  • Sume hí wǽron on wíddre sǽ besencte,

      Homl. Th. i. 542, 29.
fig.
not confined within narrow limits, of far-reaching power
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  • Ne behwylfan mæg heofon and eorðe his wuldres word wíddra and síddra ðonne befæð-man mæge eorðan ymbhwyrft and uprodor,

      Cd. Th. 204, 31; Exod. 427.
of travel,
that traverses many lands, distant, far and wide
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  • Sceal ic wreclástas settan, síðas wíde,

      Cd. Th. 276, 16 ; Sat. 189.
  • Wíde síðas,

      55, 36; Gen. 905: Beo. Th. 1759; B. 877.
of the duration of time, long, lasting long, in phrases equivalent to ever, always. v. wíde-feorh, -ferhþ
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  • Gé sceolon ádreógan wíte tó wídan ealdre,

      Exon. Th. 92, 27; Cri. 1515 : Cd. Th. 62, 16 ; Gen. 1015.
  • Tó wídan ealdre, éce mid englum,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3439; An. 1723.
  • Á tó wídan feore sý úrum Drihtne lof,

      Blickl. Homl. 65, 24: 103, 29.
  • Ða ðe gewordun wídan feore from fruman worulde,

      Exon. Th. 272, 33 ; Jul. 508.
  • Wídan feore

    as long as life lasts,

      301, 23 ; Fä. 23.
  • Ne seah ic wídan feorh

    never in all my life have I seen,

      Beo. Th. 4033 ; B. 2014.
  • Ðú scealt wídan feorh écan ðíne yrmðu,

      Andr. Kmbl. 2766 ; An. 1385.
Etymology
[O. Sax. O. Frs. wíd : O. H. Ger. wít amplus, latus, vastus, spatiosus, capax: Icel. víðr.]
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