-wíte-weorþ, -wirþe

Old English Dictionary Entry

-wíte-weorþ, -wirþe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: l. poenalis)

Definitions

1 -wíte-weorþ, -wirþe

adj. Punishable, liable to punishment :-- Nú ꝥ unnytte word bið wítewyrðe (wítes wyrðe, þe bútan níðe byð, Gr. D. 208, 8. -wite-weorþ

Runic Inscription

-ᚹᛁᛏᛖ-ᚹᛇᚱᚦ, -ᚹᛁᚱᚦᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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