Old English Dictionary Entry

Wíf-lác

Part of speech: es ; Related words: wífung) weófodþénum, L. I. P. 23, Th. ii. 336, 12: Wulfst. 270, 21. wif-lac

Definitions

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1 wíf-lác

n. Intercourse with women :-- Gif hwá openlíce Lengcten-bryce gewyrce . . . þurh wíflác (concubitum, Lat. vers. Cf. qui in Quadrigesima ante Pascha nupserit, .i. annum peniteat, L. Ecg. E. 108; Th. ii. 113, 3. Eác is gesynscipum micel þearf, ðæt hí hig on ðás hálgan tíd (Lent) clǽnlíce healdan, bútan ǽlces hǽmedes besmytennysse, L. E. I. 43; Th. ii. 440, 2), L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 402, 30. Ealle synoðas forbudon ǽfre ǽlc wíflác (

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Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚠ-ᛚᚪᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.: Latin
Lat.: Latin

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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