Old English Dictionary Entry

Wépend-líc

Related words: Wülck. Gl. 240, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 41. [

Definitions

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1 wépend-líc

adj. Lamentable, mournful:--Reówlíc and wépendlíc tíd wæs ðæs geáres, ðe swá manig ungelimp wæs forðbringende, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 22. Wépendlíce flebiles (and wépendlíc flebilis. O. H. Ger. wuofant-líh luctuosus.]

Similar Words

-wacnian
-wamb
-wand
-wandigendlíce
-wandodlíc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᛈᛖᚾᛞ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)

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