Nirwett

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - nirwett

According to the Old English Dictionary:

nirwett
n. (not m.) II. add :-- Rómáne on ungewis on án nirewett befóran, Ors. 3, 8; S. 120, 29. II a. a place of confinement :-- Godes Sunu wæs geléd on nearuwre binne, tó ðí þæt hé ús fram hellicum nyrwette (the prison (or (?) confinement) of hell) álýsde, Hml. Th. i. 34, 32.

Related words: breóst-nirwett. nirwett

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