Wamm-wlite

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wamm-wlite

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: wlite-wamm. wamm-wlite

Definitions

1 wamm-wlite

m. A wound on the face :-- Swá hwylc man swá óðrum womwlite on gewyrce, forgylde him ðone womwlite, and his weorc wyrce óð ðæt seó wund hál sig quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem in-flixerit, emendet ei vulnus, et opus ejus operetur, donec vulnus sanetur, L. Ecg. C. 22 ; Th. ii. 148, 18.

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚪᛗᛗ-ᚹᛚᛁᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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