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wrǽne

  • adjective
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Grammar
wrǽne, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434;
Lascivious, libidinous, salacious, wanton
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  • Uuraeni uréni

    petulansvel

    spurcus,

      Txts. 90, 835.

  • Wraene

    petulans,

      87, 1569.

  • Wrǽne

    pelulcus, luxuriosus,

      Hpt. Gl. 484, 55:

    libidinosus,

      514, 4.

  • Hé (Sardanapatus) wæs swíþe furþumlíc mon, and hnesclíc, and swíþe wrǽne, swá ðæt hé swíðor lufade wífa gebǽro þonne wǽpnedmonna,

    • Ors. l, 12
      • ;
    • Swt. 52, l.

  • Gif mon sié tó wrǽne,

    • Lchdm. ii. 144, 19
      • :
    • Prov. Kmbl. 54.

  • Wrǽnre

    lascivae,

      Hpt. Gl. 505, 37.

  • Wrénre

    petu-lantis,

      515, 9.

  • Ða wrǽnan

    lascivam,

      463, 71.

  • Tarcuinius wæs ǽgðer ge eargast, ge wrǽnast, ge ofermódgast,

    • Ors. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 66, 28.
Etymology
[
Cf. O. H. Ger. reino emissarius, admissarius: reinisc admissarius
:
Icel. reini a stallion
:
Dan. vrinsk rank
;
Swed. wrensk lascivious.
]
Similar entries
v. un-wrǽne.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “wrǽne.” 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/36566.

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