Wearg-cwedol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wearg-cwedol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -cwidol; Related words:

Definitions

1 wearg-cwedol

adj. Given to evil speaking or cursing :-- Ðeáh ðe wyrigcwidole (wærgcweodole, Bd. M. 356, 26) Godes ríce gesittan ne magon, hwæþere is gelýfed ðæt ða ðe be gewyrhtum wyrgede wǽron for heora árleásnysse, ðæt hí hraðe ðurh Drihtnes wræc heora scylde wíte ðrowedon quamvis maledici regnum Dei possidere non possint, creditum est tamen quod hi qui merito impietatis suae maledicebantur, ocius Domino vindice poenas sui reatus luerent, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 11. Ðæt hí nó áfyrhte ðæt gewin ðæs síþfætes ne wyrigcwydolra (wyrgcweodulra, Bd. M. 56, 14) manna tungan ne brégde nec labor vos itineris nec maledicorum hominum linguae deterreant, 1, 23; S. 486, 1. wearg-cwedol

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛠᚱᚷ-ᚳᚹᛖᛞᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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