Old English · verb
seorþan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Modern English
- sexuallymoechorviolate
Meaning
-
to violate (sexually)
-
to commit adultery (glosses Latin moechor)
Etymology
Proto-Germanic *serþaną (“to hit, violate”)
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