Wīg-rād

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wīg-rād

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ( Related words: wīg-trod) wider-trod seen lādra monna

Definitions

1 wīg-rād

?), e; f. A war-road, road along which an army passes :-- Gewāt him Abraham on da wīgrōde (-rāde ? -trode ? Abraham betook himself to the way where the foe had gone and saw the track of their retreat, Cd. Th. 125, 24; Gen. 2084. wig-rad

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚷ-ᚱᚪᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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