Old English Dictionary Entry

Mann-myrþra

Part of speech: an;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 mann-myrþra

m. A homicide, murderer :-- Þá wíf þe dód áwegáworpnesse heora bearna . . . sýn hý geteald to manmyrðrum habeantur pro homicidis, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 36. mann-myrþra

Similar Words

-mancian
-mang
-mannþwǽ rian
-mánsod
-márian

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᚾᚾ-ᛗᚣᚱᚦᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ll.: Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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