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Wróht-bora

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1 wróht-bora

m. I. an accuser, informer, v. wroht, I :-- Wróhtbora delator, Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 19. Ðonne wróhtbora (the devil) in folc Godes forð onsendeþ biterne strǽl, Exon. Th. 47, 31 ; Cri. 763. II. owe who brings false accusations, a malicious person. II :-- Wróhtbora factiosa (cf. ða fǽcnan factiosam, 77, 46), falsa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 68. [Cf. Icel. róg-beri a slanderer.] wroht-bora
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚱᚩᚻᛏ-ᛒᚩᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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