edwist

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ædwist === Etymology === From ed- +‎ wist. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈedˌwist/ === Noun === edwist f (nominative plural edwiste) 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”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: edwist === References === John R. Clark Hall (1916), “edwist”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “edwist”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.