edwist
Old English
Alternative forms
- ædwist
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈedˌwist/
Noun
edwist f (nominative plural edwiste)
- being, substance; sustenance, food
- Ic adilegie ealle ða edwiste, ðe ic geworhte. ― I will benothing all beings that I have made. (Gen. 7:4)
Derived terms
- edwistfull (“existing, substantial, substantive”)
- edwistlic (“existing, substantive”)
Related terms
- ætwist (“presence, edwist”)
- edwistian (“to feed, support”)
References
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “edwist”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “edwist”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.