Þwǽre

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - þwǽre

According to the Old English Dictionary:

þwǽre
adj. Gentle, agreeable :-- Scs Arculfus sǽde ðæt ðǽr hangade úþmǽte leóhtfæt and ðwǽre (a lamp giving an agreeable light?), Shrn. 81, 17. [Gif hé on Tíwesdæg hip ácenned, se biþ ǽwerd on his lífe and biþ mán and ðwǽre (effeminate?, but perhaps manþwǽre should be read, the text is late), Lchdm. iii. 162, 11.]

Related words: efen-, ge-, mann-, un-þwǽre. þwære

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