Old English Dictionary Entry

Wan-spéd

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

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1 wan-spéd

f. Poverty, indigence: -- Þurh wanspéde per inopiam, Scint. 226, 6. On ðæm gefeohte wæs ǽrest anfunden Sciþþia wanspéda ea res primo fidem inopiae Scythicae dedit, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt. 116, 34. Cf. wan-ǽht. wan-sped

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚪᚾ-ᛋᛈᛖᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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