Wróht-dropa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wróht-dropa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an ; Related words: wróht,

Definitions

1 wróht-dropa

m, A drop which brings strife (IV) or crime (III) :-- Wearð fǽliþo fyra cynne, siþþan swealg eorðe Abeles blóde, . . . of ðam wróhtdropan wíde gesprungon, micel mán (mon, MS. ) ældum, monegum þeódum bealoblonden niþ, Exon. Th. 345, 26 ; Gn. Ex. 196. wroht-dropa

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚱᚩᚻᛏ-ᛞᚱᚩᛈᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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