Teón-word

Old English Dictionary Entry

Teón-word

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 teón-word

n. A word that conveys reproach, insult, abuse, calumny; a word that does wrong:--Hig tǽldon ðæt land mid heora teónwordum they slandered the land with their calumnies, Num. 13, 33. Eorl óðerne mid teónwordum tǽleþ behindan, spreceþ fægere beforan, Frag. Kmbl. 6; Leás. 4. Næs heó swá nú æðelborene men synt mid oferméttum áfylled . . . ne mid teónwordum she was not, as nobly born men now are, filled with haughtiness . . . or with insolent words, Lchdm. iii. 428, 33. teon-word

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛖᚩᚾ-ᚹᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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