Wīg-gild

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wīg-gild

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (wīh-), es; u. Related words:

Definitions

1 wīg-gild

An idol :-- Hié onhnigon tō dani herige, hǣdne þeóde wurdedon wīhgyld, Cd. Th. 227, 5; Dan. 182. Cf. deófol-gild. wig-gild

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚷ-ᚷᛁᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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