Weá-mét[t]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weá-mét[t]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e: -méttu(-o); Related words:

Definitions

1 weá-mét[t]

indecl. f. Anger, wrath, passion, irascibility:--Se feórða heáfodleahter is weámét, Homl. Th. ii. 218, 21. Se feórða leahtor is weámét, ðæt se man náge his módes geweald, ac búton ǽlcere foresceáwnnge his yrsunge gefremaþ, 220, 12. Wé sceolon ofer-winnan weámétte mid wíslícum geðylde, 222, 21. Ne gerísaþ heom hræde weámétta, L. I. P. 10; Th. ii. 318, 32. [Cf. Heo weore god ȝif heo neore to wamed. Anan se he wes wrað wið eni he hine wolde slæn, Laym. 6368.] wea-mett

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᚪ-ᛗᛖᛏ[ᛏ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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