Weolcen-reád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weolcen-reád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: weoloc-reád. weolcen-read

Definitions

1 weolcen-reád

adj. Scarlet, purple :-- Se wolcnreáda wǽfels the scarlet robe, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 4. Hí scrýddon hyne mid weolcenreádum scyccelse, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 28. Wolcnreádum, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 25. Gif eówere synna wǽron wolcnreáde si fuerint peccata vestra ut coccinum, 322, 10. Wolcnereádum deáhum conchiliis, Hpt. Gl. 524, 57. Ðeós wyrt hæfð wolcenreáde blóstman. Lchdm. i. 244, 5.

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᛚᚳᛖᚾ-ᚱᛖᚪᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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