Old English Dictionary Entry

Wil-bec

Definitions

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1 wil-bec

a stream of misery (?) :-- Wuniendo wær wīlbec biscær, Exon. Th. 353, 42; Reim. 26. [Cf. Icel. vīl misery, wretchedness; víl-stigr a path of misery.] wil-bec

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛚ-ᛒᛖᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

Exon.: Exeter Book
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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