Wíd-scriþol

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wíd-scriþol

According to the Old English Dictionary:

(-el, -ul);

wíd-scriþol
adj. Wide-wandering, roving, rambling :-- Hlúd and wídscriðel garrula et vaga, Kent. Gl. 188. Ðæt feórðe muneca cyn is wídscriþul (wíðscriþel gyrovagum, R. Ben. Interl. 10, 16) genæm-ned, R. Ben. 9, 21. Hit is yfel, ðæt sume (munecas) synd to wídscriþole, L. I. P. 14; Th. 11. 322, 13. Fífte cyn muneca is wídscriþelra hleápera, ðe under muneces gegyrlan ǽghwyder scríþaþ; ða þurh nánes mannes sande ne faraþ, faraþ þeáh geond missenlíce þeóda, néfre staþolfeste, nǽfre wuniende, náhwár sittende, R. Ben. 135, 20. Wíþscriþole renas tunglena vagos recursos siderum, Hymn. Surt. 22, 29. wid-scriþol
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