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wróht-bora

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wróht-bora, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§596;
an accuser, informer,
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v. wroht, I
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  • Wróhtbora

    delator,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 49, 19.
  • Ðonne wróhtbora (the devil) in folc Godes forð onsendeþ biterne strǽl,

    • Exon. Th. 47, 31
    • ;
    • Cri. 763.
one who brings false accusations, a malicious person.
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v. wróht, II
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  • Wróhtbora

    factiosa (cf. ða fǽcnan factiosam, 77, 46), falsa,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 68.
Etymology
[
Cf. Icel. róg-beri a slanderer.
]
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v.  wróht-bera wróht.
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  • wróht-bora, n.