Orf-cwealm

Old English Dictionary Entry

Orf-cwealm

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

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1 orf-cwealm

m. Pestilence among cattle, murrain :-- On ðisum geáre wæs swá mycel orfcwealm swá man ne gemunde fela wintrum ǽr, Chr. 1054; Erl. 188, 5. Us stalu and cwalu, stric and steorfa, orfcwealm and uncoþu . . . derede swýðe þearle, Wulfst. 159, 10. orf-cwealm

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚱᚠ-ᚳᚹᛠᛚᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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