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hócor-wyrde

  • adjective
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Grammar
hócor-wyrde, adj.
Using scornful, mocking language
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  • Hér sind on earde hócorwyrde ǽghwǽr

    there are in the land here everywhere men of scornful speech,

      Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 156.
Etymology
[Cf. Laym. Sexisce men mine unhæle me atwiten mid heore hokerworden.]
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Word-wheel

  • hócor-wyrde, adj.