Wil-bec

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wil-bec

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 wil-bec

a stream of misery (?) :-- Wuniendo wær wīlbec biscær, Exon. Th. 353, 42; Reim. 26. [Cf. Icel. vīl misery, wretchedness; víl-stigr a path of misery.] wil-bec

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ᚹᛁᛚ-ᛒᛖᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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