Wan-hygd

Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon de Bosworth & Toller - wan-hygd

Selon le Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon :

-hygdu(-o) [cf. ofer-hygd]

wan-hygd
want of mind, folly, rashness, recklessness, imprudence :-- For wlence and for wonhygdum hí ceastre worhton, and tó heofnum up hlǽdræ rǽrdon, Cd. Th. 100, 33; Gen. 1673. Grendel for his wonhýdum wǽpna ne récceþ ; ic ðæt ðonne forhicge ðæt ic sweord bere, Beo. Th. 872; B. 434. [Cf. Icel. van-hyggja want of forethought.] wan-hygd
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