† i-ˈwede Obs.
[OE. ᵹewǽde, -wéde (= OHG. ga-, giwáti, MHG. gewæte), f. ᵹe-, i-1 + wǽd, wǽde, wede, weed n.]
A garment, a weed.
| c 950 Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. iii. 4 Ðe ilca soðlice iohannes hæfde ᵹewede of herum ðæra camella. c 1000 ælfric Hom. II. 148 He nolde awendan..his ᵹewæda ðe he on westene hæfde. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 On ete and on wete, and ec on iwedan. c 1205 Lay. 9450 On heo duden heore iweden. Ibid. 26754 Ne nime ȝe nenne stede No nanes cnihtes iwede. |