Old English · noun
atorsceaþa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Modern English
- venemousdestroyerbeowulf
Meaning
-
a "venemous destroyer," used to describe the dragon in Beowulf.
Etymology
ātor (“venom”) + sċeaþa (“destroyer, ravager”)
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