edwist

Old English

Alternative forms

• ædwist

Etymology

From ed- +‎ wist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈedˌwist/

Noun

edwist f (nominative plural edwiste)

1. 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 and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “edwist”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.