Old English Dictionary Entry

Wamm-wyrcende

Definitions

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1 wamm-wyrcende

working iniquity :-- Ðæt weorþeþ þeódum tó þreá, ðám ðe þonc Gode, womwyrcende, ne cúþun ðæs ðe hé on ðone hálgan beám ahougen wæs. Exon. Th. 67, 23 ; Cri. 1093. wamm-wyrcende

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚪᛗᛗ-ᚹᚣᚱᚳᛖᚾᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cri.: Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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