Mán-deorf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mán-deorf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: deorfan. man-deorf

Definitions

1 mán-deorf

adj. Labouring to do evil, wicked :-- Ne mæg se yfela preóst mid his yfelnysse, ðeáh hé mándeorf sý and mánful on dǽdum, ne mæg hé nǽfre Godes þénunge gefílan, náðer ne ðæt fulluht, ne ða mæssan, L. Ælfc. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 12.

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᚾ-ᛞᛇᚱᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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