Fót-welm

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fót-welm

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -wylm, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 fót-welm

m: fót-wolma, an; m. The sole of the foot; pĕdis planta :-- Fótwelm planta, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 94; Wrt. Voc. 45, 2. Fótwylm planta, Wrt. Voc. 71, 62. Mid ðære cóðe he wæs ofset fram ðam hnolle ufan óþ his fótwylmas neoðan with which disease he was afflicted from the crown above to the soles of his feet below, Homl. Th. ii. 480, 12: 508, 20. He hæfde ðæs bróðor fótwolman on handa plantam fratris tĕnēbat mănu, Gen. 25, 25. Ðæt ðú næbbe nán þing háles fram ðám fótwolmum óþ ðone hneccan sanāri non possis a planta pĕdis usque ad vertĭcem tuum, Deut. 28, 35. fot-welm

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᛏ-ᚹᛖᛚᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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