Old English Dictionary Entry

Torn-wracu

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 torn-wracu

f. Grievous revenge:--Gé hér áteóþ in ða tornwræce (the destruction with which the evil spirits threatened Guthlac if he remained in his hermitage) sigeleásne síð, Exon. Th. 120, 16; Gú. 272. torn-wracu

Similar Words

-tácnigendlic, -líce
-tang
-targed
-teáren
-teáw

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚩᚱᚾ-ᚹᚱᚪᚳᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Exon.: Exeter Book
Gú.: Guthlac (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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