Wealg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wealg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: 515.

Definitions

1 wealg

adj. Nauseous (? Halliwell gives wallow = flat, insipid; wallowish = nauseous):--Se wearma welð on gódum cræftum, ðý læs hé sié wealg for wlæcnesse, and for ðæm weorðe út áspiwen (ne evomatur tepidus), Past. 58; Swt. 447, 18. [Þi muð is bitter and walh al þat tu cheowest, and hwit mete se þi mahe hokerliche undorfeð, þat is wið unlust, warpeð hit eft ut, H. M. 35, 30. Walhwe swete supra in bytter swete, Prompt. ParIcel. válgr, volgr warm, lukewarm.] wealg,-wealg

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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