Wíte-lác

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wíte-lác

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 wíte-lác

n. Punishment, torment, pain :-- Wurdon tó axan eorðan wæstma, efne swá wíde swá ða wítelác (the burning and terror at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah) gerǽhton, Cd. Th. 154, 12 ; Gen. 2554. Weras básnedon wíteloccas (wíteláces, Grn.) weán under weallum, 146, 5 ; Gen. 2417. wite-lac

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛏᛖ-ᛚᚪᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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