Þweor-tíme
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - þweor-tíme
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- þweor-tíme
- adj. I. given to opposition, contentious. ferox, atque inquies linguam litigiis exercet? cani comparabis, Bt. 37, 4; Fox 192, 16. II. given to evil, wicked, depraved :-- And ðeáh ðonne hé ongiete ða scylda ðara ðweortiémena, ðonne geðence hé ðone ealdordóm his onwealdes cum pravorum culpa exigit, potestatem sui prioratus agnoscat, Past. 17; Swt. 107, 12. Ðǽm gódum hé sceal mid wordum stýran and ðǽm þweortýmum mid swingellum honestiores animos verbis corripiat, improbos autem verberum castigatione, R. Ben. 13, 20. þweor-time