Wan-spédig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wan-spédig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: 25, 25. Ðás læssan lác, ðe wǽron wannspédigra manna lác. Homl. Th. i. 140, 6. Uton dón þearfum and wannspédigum sume híððe úre góda, ii. 100, 35. Se gýtsere berýpð ða wannspédigan, i. 66, 11. wan-spedig

Definitions

1 wan-spédig

adj. Poor, indigent :-- Sum ǽhta onlíhð; sum bið won-spédig. Exon. Th. 295, 11 ; Crä. 31. Ðín wanspédiga mǽg attenuatus frater tuus, Le

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚪᚾ-ᛋᛈᛖᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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