Old English Dictionary Entry

Fyrwit

Part of speech: -witt, -wytt;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 fyrwit

adj. Curious, inquisitive; cūriōsus :-- Menn ða ða fyrwytte [fyrwite, MS. L.] beóþ men who are inquisitive, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 15, 9; Lchdm. iii. 268, 5. fyrwit

Similar Words

'feallend-lic
-fá
-fandigendlic
-farenness
-feald

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚣᚱᚹᛁᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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