Níd-wracu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Níd-wracu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 níd-wracu

f. Violence, misery caused by violence :-- Wæs ðæt gewin láð and longsum, ðe on ða leóde becom, nýdwracu níþgrim, nihtbealwa mǽst, Beo. Th. 388; B. 193. Hyne God wolde nergan wið níþum, and hyra nýdwræce deópe déman, Exon. Th. 135, 17; Gú. 525. nid-wracu

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᛞ-ᚹᚱᚪᚳᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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