Old English Dictionary Entry

þegen-wer

Part of speech: es; Related words: 9, Th. i. 306, 21: vi. 5, Th. i. 316, 14. Gif weofodþén be bóca tǽcinge his ágen líf rihtlíce fadige, ðonne sí hé fulles þegnweres and weorðscipes wurðe, ix. 28, Th. i. 346, 18. Cf. Mǽsseþegnes and woruldþegnes wergyld is .ii. þúsend þrymsa, L. Wg. 5, Th. i. 186, l0. v. þegen-riht. þegen-wer

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1 þegen-wer

m. The wer-gild of a thane :-- Hé sý þegenweres and þegenrihtes wyrðe, L. Eth.

Similar Words

-þafa
-þafsum
-þanclíce
-þancness
-þancollíce

Runic Inscription

ᚦᛖᚷᛖᚾ-ᚹᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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