Eft-wyrd

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - eft-wyrd

According to the Old English Dictionary:

eft-wyrd
Add: A becoming again (I), a renewal of existence, resurrection at doom's day (?):--Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlað, yldo oððe ǽrdeáð; eftwyrd cymð, mægenþrymma mǽst now mighty robbers hold sway, eld or early death; renewal of life shall come, greatest of God's glorious powers, Exod. 539. eft-wyrd

Related words: weorþan,

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