Old English Dictionary Entry

Meldung

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 meldung

f. Information (against a person), betrayal :-- Hé swýðe mánfullíce ácweald wæs þurh meldunga his ágenes wífes multum nefarie peremptus est proditione conjugis suæ, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 39. [O. H. Ger. meldunga proditio, delatura: Ger. meldung.] meldung

Similar Words

-mancian
-mang
-mannþwǽ rian
-mánsod
-márian

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᛚᛞᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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