Fore-wyrcend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fore-wyrcend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: l.

Definitions

1 fore-wyrcend

m. One who works for another, a servant, slave:--Hyre wer lǽfde unlytle ǽhta on lande and on feó and on forewyrcendum (wyrcendum mannum, ), Hml. S. 2, 156. fore-wyrcend

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᛖ-ᚹᚣᚱᚳᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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"Fornjóts synir eru á landi komnir"