Fór-wel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fór-wel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: Very well, very;

Definitions

1 fór-wel

ad valde :-- Him nǽfre seó gítsung fórwel ne lícode covetousness never very well pleased him. Bt. titl, xvii; Fox xii. 24: Bt. 17; Fox 58, 24. Ólǽcþ ðes middangeard fórwel menige this world flatters very many, Homl. Th. i. 490, 14: ii. 158, 30: Ps. Th. 131, 6. Wurdon geworhte wundra fórwel fela very many wonders were wrought, Homl. Th. ii. 152, 28: 292, 34. Fórwel oft very often; multŏtiens, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 35. for-wel

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱ-ᚹᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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