Mód-wén

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - mód-wén

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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mód-wén
f. Hope entertained by the mind :-- Forþ áscúfan ðæt mines freán módwén (RUNE, MS.) freoþaþ middelnihtum to push on what my lord's hopes favour at midnight (to carry out the plans which are thought on at night, and in which he hopes to succeed?), Exon. 129b; Th. 498, 3 ; Rä. 87, 7. mod-wen
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