Weg-leás

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weg-leás

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 weg-leás

adj. I. without a road, impassable :-- Ungefére vel wegleás pæð invium, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 61. Weglǽsa beara aviaria, secreta nemora, 39, . II. fig. out of the way, erroneous, unreasonable :-- Welise ( = wílése? cf. wig =weg, and wí-férend = weg-férend, both in the same glossary) devium, Kent. Gl. 432. Gedwelde mid wegleásum errore devio, Hymn. Surt. 24, 13. [Cf. Icel. vega-lauss out of the way, lost in the woods.] weg-leas

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ᚹᛖᚷ-ᛚᛖᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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