Níd-wraca

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - níd-wraca

According to the Old English Dictionary:

an;

níd-wraca
m. One who is forced to be an avenger, who avenges an affront :-- Gif ǽnig gilda hwilcne man ofstleá, and hé neádwraca sí, and his bismer béte, fylste ǽlc gegylda, Chart. Th. 611, 29.

Related words: níd-dǽda, -fara. nid-wraca

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