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▪ I. † wædle, n.1 Obs. rare—1.
In 3 wælde.
[OE. wǽdl str. fem., wǽdle wk. fem., related to next.
It is doubtful whether the wælde of the Layamon MS. is a scribal error or a genuine metathetic form.]
Poverty.
c888ælfred Boeth. xxvi. §2 Sio mennisce wædl ðe næfre ᵹefylled ne bið wilnað ælce dæᵹ hwæs hwuᵹu þysses woruldwelan. c1205Lay. 1002 For al þat god of þisse londe we scule leden mid us & heo bi-læuen wrecches & wælde heom scal fulien.
▪ II. † wædle, a. and n.2 Obs.
Also weaðle.
[OE. wǽdla, Mercian wéðla.]
a. adj. Poor, needy.
b. n. pl. The poor.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Mark x. 46 Timeus sunu bartimeus sæt blind wið þone weᵹ wædla. c1000Ags. Ps. (Surtees) cviii. 17, & oehtende wes mon ðearfan & weðlan. c1200Ormin 5638 All wrecche & wædle & usell mann. c1205Lay. 427 Wapmen & wifmen, þa weoleȝen & þa weaðlen, alle he heom sumunde. Ibid. 5872 For her scullen þe wædlen alle i-wurðen riche. |