Wiþer-leán
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - wiþer-leán
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- wiþer-leán
- n. Recompense, retribution :-- Wearð wícingum wiþerleán ágifen; gehýrde ic ðæt Eádweard ánne slóge, Byrht. Th. 135, 11; By. 116. Deáþes háliges wiþerleáne (as recompense) líf eádig geáhniaþ mortis sacre compendia vitam beatam possident, Hymn. Surt. 130, 9. Wunde wiðerleán retribution for sin, Soul Kmbl. 187; Seel. 94. [O. L. Ger. withir-lón retributio: O. H. Ger. widar-lón recompensio, recompensatio.] wiþer-lean