Wæl-gífre

De acordo com o Dicionário de Inglês Antigo:

wæl-gífre

adj. I. eager to slay, (a) of persons :-- Ðá com hæleða þreát (those who wished to kill St. Andrew) wadan wælgífre, Andr. Kmbl. 2543; An. 1273. Deáð, wiga wælgífre, Exon. Th. 231, 8; Ph. 486: 162, 7; Gú. 972. (b) of things :-- Wǽpen wælgífru, Exon. Th. 292, 16; Wand. 100. II. eager to prey on the dead :-- Se grǽga mǽw wælgífre wand. Andr. Kmbl. 743; An. 372. Se wanna hrefn, wælgífre fugel, Judth. Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 207. Wulfum tó willan, and eác wælgíftum fuglum tó frófre, 25, 37; Jud. 296.

Palavras relacionadas: wæl-grǽdig. wæl-gifre