Old English Dictionary Entry

Wróht-georn

Related words: wróht , IV :-- On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða wróhtgeornan, on óðre ða gesibsuman. . . . Hé be ðæm wróhtgeornan secgean wolde

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1 wróht-georn

adj. Quarrelsome, contentious, eager for strife, quomodo admonendi qui jurgia serunt, et pacifici. . . . Quem seminantem jurgia dicere voluit, Past. 47; Swt. 357, 12, 23. [Cf. Icel. róg-girni a disposition to slander. ] wroht-georn

Similar Words

-wacnian
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Runic Inscription

ᚹᚱᚩᚻᛏ-ᚷᛇᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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