Old English · noun
sylfmyrþ
- Part of speech
- noun
- IPA
- /ˈsylfˌmyrθ/[ˈsyɫvˌmyrˠθ]
- Syllables
- ˈsylf · ˌmyrθ (2 syllables)
Meaning
suicide? The word occurs only in two textually related glosses on the Greek-derived Latin word biothanatus in Aldhelm of Malmesbury's Prosa de virginitate. Clayton suggests 'the act of suicide', while other Old English glosses on the same sentence suggest the meaning 'self-killer'. Bosworth and Toller suggest 'self-destructive'.
Inter biothanatas betweonan selfmyrþ.
inter biothanathas: among?self-killers
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