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wamm-sceaþa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wamm-sceaþa, an; m.
An evil-doer, a sinner, criminal
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  • Áwyrged womsceaða

    (the devil),

      Exon. Th. 255, 8; Jul. 211.
  • Wornsceaþan (

    the wicked, at the day of judgement

    ),
      75, 23 ; Cri. 1226: 96, 7 ; Cri. 1570.
  • Áwyrgede womsceaðan, leáse leódhatan. árleásra sceolu,

      Elen. Kmbl. 2595 ; El. 1299.
Etymology
[O. Sax. wam-skaðo.]
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  • wamm-sceaþa, n.