Wilh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wilh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (wiel); Related words: ll.

Definitions

1 wilh

gen. wiles; m. A slave, servant :-- Gif se wiel (servus) cwid: ' Mē is mīn hlāford leóf, ' Ex. 21, 5. Ne wilna dū dīnes nēhstan wyeles, 20, 17. Ðæs weles (wieles, weales, ) hlāford dominus servi illius, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 50. Se de his wiel (servum) slicd mid girde, odde his wylne, Ex. 21, 20, 32.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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