Old English Dictionary Entry

Wamm-cwide

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 wamm-cwide

m. Evil speaking, reviling, slander, blasphemy :-- Him (the devils) wæs wráð geworden for womcwidum, Cd. Th. 282, 6 ; Sat. 282. Ne wíte ic him ða womcwidas, þeáh hé his wyrðe ne sié tó álǽtanne ðæs fela hé mé láðes spræc, 39, 7; Gen. 621. wamm-cwide

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚪᛗᛗ-ᚳᚹᛁᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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