wlo
.
Searchable Lemmata: wloeh (OE), wloh (OE), wlo (MdE).
Alternate Forms: wgloana(wlogana), wlon (ME).
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Manufacture;
adornment. Specifically refers to the border or edge of a garment in some OE versions of the Gospels and other biblical tales. It is used as a synonym for fæs to translate the Latin fimbria, which by other translators is translated as fas or fnæd, cf. gewlo, anwloh.(circa 1000)
1. et rogabant eum ut ł fimbriam uestimenti eius tangerent et quicumque tetigerunt salui facti sunt & gebedon hine þæt ł fas ł wloh wedes his gehrine moston & sua huælc ł hiora hia gehrinadon ł gehrinad hæfde.
[DOE MtGl (Li) (0491 (14.36))]
2. et ecce mulier quae sanguinis fluxum patiebatur duodecim annis accessit retro et tetigit fimbriam uestimenti eius & heonu wif ðy <ł><ðiu> blodes flouing ł iorning geðolade ł gedrog tuelf uinter ł tuelf ger geneolecde beienda & gehran fas ł wloh wedes his.
[DOE MtGl (Li) (0257 (9.20))]
3. Næs him gewemmed wlite, ne wloh of hrægle lungre <alysed>, ne loc of heafde, ne ban gebrocen, ne blodig wund <lice> gelenge, ne laðes dæl, þurh dolgslege dreore bestemed, ac wæs eft swa ær þurh þa æðelan miht lof lædende, ond on his lice trum.
[DOE And (0843 (1471))]
5. Omnia uero opera sua faciunt ut uideantur ab hominibus dilatant enim philacteria sua et magnificant fimbrias alle forðon werca hiora doað þætte hia sie gesene from monnum hia gebrædas forðon ðuuencgu hiora & miclas ða her ł wloeh.
[DOE MtGl (Li) (0780 (23.5))]
6. Ambulans supra mare petrum mergentem leuat et in gennesar multi fimbriae tactu saluantur geongende łgeeade ofer sae ðone peter ðruncnende ahefes & in ðær ðeade monige wgloana miððy gehran gehaeled weron.
[DOE MtHeadGl (Li) (0053 (52))]
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