Wróht-georn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wróht-georn

Old English Dictionary Entry

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

Definitions

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

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚱᚩᚻᛏ-ᚷᛇᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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