† widgen.

Forms: Old English wic (transmission error), Old English wicg, Old English wycg (rare), Old English wicgce (dative), early Middle English wig, 1500s widge.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian wigge , widze , Old Saxon wigg , Old Icelandic vigg , all in sense ‘horse, steed’, < a suffixed form (ja -stem) of the Germanic base of weigh v.¹

Obsolete.

A horse, a steed; (in later use spec.) a mare. Also: an ass.In Old English chiefly in verse, especially in heroic contexts.

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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > work animals > beast of burden

widgeeOE

beastc1300

jument1382

aver?a1513

sumpter1526

sumpture1567

beast of carriage1586

beast of burden1740

sumpter1821

pack animal1846

shavetail1846

baggage-animal1852

baggager1859

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packer1875

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > female > mare

mareeOE

jilletc1430

jilla1500

yaud?a1513

gilliea1529

widge?1553

eOE Metrical Dialogue of Solomon & Saturn (Corpus Cambr. 422) i. 155 Hwilum he on wætere wicg gehnægeð.

OE Riddle 80 7 Hwilum ic on wloncum wicge ride herges on ende.

OE Beowulf (2008) 234 Gewat him þa to waroðe wicge ridan þegn Hroðgares.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 89 And bed hem bringen a wig one te riden, noðer stede, ne palefrei, ne fair mule, ac..he sende after þe alre unwurþeste wig one to riden, and þat is asse.

?1553 Respublica (1952) iv. iii. 35 That tyme chad a widge, and hir vole.

1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. xv. 1282 Hauing liuinges, how beastly soeuer he spared his money, and rode thether on his widge beaste.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	widge
释义	† widgen. Forms: Old English wic (transmission error), Old English wicg, Old English wycg (rare), Old English wicgce (dative), early Middle English wig, 1500s widge. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian wigge , widze , Old Saxon wigg , Old Icelandic vigg , all in sense ‘horse, steed’, < a suffixed form (ja -stem) of the Germanic base of weigh v.¹ Obsolete. A horse, a steed; (in later use spec.) a mare. Also: an ass.In Old English chiefly in verse, especially in heroic contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > work animals > beast of burden widgeeOE beastc1300 jument1382 aver?a1513 sumpter1526 sumpture1567 beast of carriage1586 beast of burden1740 sumpter1821 pack animal1846 shavetail1846 baggage-animal1852 baggager1859 pack1866 packer1875 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > female > mare mareeOE jilletc1430 jilla1500 yaud?a1513 gilliea1529 widge?1553 eOE Metrical Dialogue of Solomon & Saturn (Corpus Cambr. 422) i. 155 Hwilum he on wætere wicg gehnægeð. OE Riddle 80 7 Hwilum ic on wloncum wicge ride herges on ende. OE Beowulf (2008) 234 Gewat him þa to waroðe wicge ridan þegn Hroðgares. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 89 And bed hem bringen a wig one te riden, noðer stede, ne palefrei, ne fair mule, ac..he sende after þe alre unwurþeste wig one to riden, and þat is asse. ?1553 Respublica (1952) iv. iii. 35 That tyme chad a widge, and hir vole. 1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. xv. 1282 Hauing liuinges, how beastly soeuer he spared his money, and rode thether on his widge beaste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.eOE
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