"widewhere" meaning in Middle English

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Adverb

Etymology: wide + where Etymology templates: {{compound|enm|wide|where}} wide + where Head templates: {{head|enm|adverbs}} widewhere
  1. widely; far and wide; wherever Synonyms: wyde-wher
    Sense id: en-widewhere-enm-adv-evxBBT9I Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

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          "english": "Thus I went widely, Do-well to seek",
          "ref": "14ᵗʰ Century, Langland, Piers Plowman (A-Text), Passus 9",
          "text": "Thus I wente wide-wher, Dowel to seche"
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        {
          "english": "With hem, and eek to sellen hem hir ware.\nIn Syria once dwelt a company\nOf rich merchants, and moreover trustworthy and true,\nThat wherever they sent their oriental goods,\nCloth of gold, and satins rich in color;\nTheir merchandise was so serviceable and so novel,\nThat every person has desire to trade\nWith them, and also to sell them their goods.",
          "ref": "late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 134-140",
          "roman": "That every wight hath deyntee to chaffare",
          "text": "In Surrie whylom dwelte a companye\nOf chapmen riche, and therto sadde and trewe,\nThat wyde-wher senten her spycerye,\nClothes of gold, and satins riche of hewe;\nHer chaffar was so thrifty and so newe,",
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