cwidegiedd

From cwide (“saying”) +‎ giedd (“story, song”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwi.deˌɡi͜ydd/, [ˈkwi.deˌɡi͜yd]

cwidegiedd n

1. song, ballad
2. word, speech
3. story, tale
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Flēotendra ferð · nō þǣr fela bringeð
     cūðra cwidegiedda. · Ċearo bið ġenīwad

     Lives of floating don't bring there
     many known tales. Grief is renewed

Strong a-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “cwidegiedd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.