Arg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Arg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: earg. arg

Definitions

1 arg

; adj. Wicked, depraved, bad; malus, pravus. An impure word only found in the Lindisfarne Gospels or the Durham Book :-- Cneórisse yflo and arg an evil and wicked generation; generatio mala et adultera, i. e. prava, pigra, etc. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 12, 39. Arg peccatrix, Mk. Skt. Lind. 8, 38. [Plat. Dut. Ger. Franc. Dan. Swed. arg : Grk. άργόs idle : Icel. argr effeminatus, pavidus, ignavus, malus, detestabilis.]

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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