Wæl-grǽdig

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wæl-grǽdig

According to the Old English Dictionary:

wæl-grǽdig
adj. Greedy for the slain (an epithet of cannibals) :-- Hæfdon hié áwriten wælgrǽdige wera endestæf, hwænne hié tó móse meteþearfendum weorðan sceoldon, Andr. Kmbl. 269; An. 135.

Related words: wæl-gífre. wæl-grædig

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