Old English Dictionary Entry

æ-bylgþ

Part of speech: -bylþ, -bylygþ, e; Related words: belgan]

Definitions

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1 æ-bylgþ

f: es; n? [bylgþ, An offence, a fault, scandal, wrong, anger, wrath, indignation; offensa, injuria, ira, indignatio :-- To æbylgþe for offence, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 27. He sende on hí graman æbylygþe hys misit in eos iram indignationis suæ, Ps. Spl. 77, 54. Cristenum cyningce gebyraþ swýðe rihte ðæt he Godes æbylþe wrece Christiano regi jure pertinet ut injurias Deo factas vindicet, L. C. S. 40; Th. i. 400, 10.

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Runic Inscription

ᚫ-ᛒᚣᛚᚷᚦ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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