Wīg-līc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wīg-līc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 wīg-līc

adj. Warlike, martial :-- Ðæt wæts UNCERTAIN wīglīc werod, Cd. Th. 192, 17; Exod. 233. Wīglīc bellica, Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, 42. Wīglīcetōl instrumenta bellica, Hpt. Gl. 424, 28. Wīglīce bellicosas, 425, 7.Wēpna wīglīce arma bellica, Hymn. Hure. 135, 23. [O. H. Ger. wīc-līh bellicus, bellicosus: Icel. vīg-ligr.] wig-lic

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚷ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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