Weorpere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorpere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 weorpere

m. A thrower (cf. to throw, as a wrestling term) :-- Ic (mead) eom weorpere, efne tó eorþan ealdne ceorl (cf. Aldhelm's riddle: Pedum gressus titubantes sterno ruina), Exon. Th. 409, 27 ; Rä. 28, 7. weorpere

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᛈᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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