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wed-loga

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
wed-loga, an ; m.
One who is false to a pledge or engagement
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  • On ðison gére swác Harðacnut Eádulf eorl under his grðle, and hé wæs ðá wedloga. Chr. 1041 ; Erl. 166, 33.
  • Ic ðé eom andetta mínra synna . . . ic eom wedloga, Anglia xii. 501, 19.

  • Ðæt gé ne beón wedlogan ne word*-*logan,

      Wulfst. 40, 10 : 165, 36.

  • Cristen cyning sceal wedlogan and wǽrlogan hatian and hýnan,

      266, 29.
Etymology
[Þu (the body) were wedlowe and monsware, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 27.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wed-loga.” 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/34956.

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