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wearg-cwedol

  • adjective
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wearg-cwedol, -cwidol; adj.
Given to evil speaking or cursing
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  • Ðeáh ðe wyrigcwidole (wærgcweodole, Bd. M. 356, 26) Godes ríce gesittan ne magon, hwæþere is gelýfed ðæt ða ðe be gewyrhtum wyrgede wǽron for heora árleásnysse, ðæt hí hraðe ðurh Drihtnes wræc heora scylde wíte ðrowedon

    quamvis maledici regnum Dei possidere non possint, creditum est tamen quod hi qui merito impietatis suae maledicebantur, ocius Domino vindice poenas sui reatus luerent,

      Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 11.

  • Ðæt hí nó áfyrhte ðæt gewin ðæs síþfætes ne wyrigcwydolra (wyrgcweodulra, Bd. M. 56, 14) manna tungan ne brégde

    nec labor vos itineris nec maledicorum hominum linguae deterreant,

      1, 23; S. 486, 1.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wearg-cwedol.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34847.

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  • wearg-cwedol, adj.

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