Old English Dictionary Entry

Torn-word

Part of speech: es; Related words: torn-wyrdan. torn-word

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n. A word that causes distress or grief, a contemptuous, scornful word:--Hí mé hosp sprecaþ, tornworda fela, Exon. Th. 11, 17; Cri. 172.

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Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩᚱᚾ-ᚹᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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