Widl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Widl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: weorold-widl. widl

Definitions

1 widl

filth, pollution : -- Ǽlc widðil omnis pollutio, Rtl. 98, 24. Idese mid widle and mid womme besmítan, Judth. Thw. 22, 12; Jud. 59. Widl and fúl inluviem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 53. Geseah síde sǽlwongas synnum gehladene, widlum gewemde, Cd. Th. 78, 16; Gen. 1294.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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