Old English Dictionary Entry

Wyrdness

Part of speech: e; Related words: l.

Definitions

1 definitions

1 wyrdness

f. Condition, state :-- Se godcunda foreþonc heaþeraþ ealle gesceafta ðæt hí ne móton tóslúpan of heora endebyrdnesse (wyrdnesse, ), Bt. 39, 5 ; Fox 218, 32. wyrdness

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚣᚱᛞᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)

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