Fiht-wíte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fiht-wíte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: fyht-wíte. fiht-wite

Definitions

1 fiht-wíte

n. A fine for fighting; pugnæ mulcta :-- He áh fihtwíte he has fines for fighting, L. C. S. 15; Th. i. 384, 3, note 6, MS. B.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛁᚻᛏ-ᚹᛁᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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