wælreow

Meaning

1. fierce in slaughter

   Wulf is on īeġe, iċ on ōþerre. Fæst is þæt ēġlond, fenne biworpen. Sindon wælrēowe weras þǣr on īġe; willað hȳ hine āþeċġan, ġif hē on þrēat cymeð. Unġelīċe is us.

   Wulf is on an island, I am on another. That island is steady, hemmed in by fens. There are kill-worried men on the island; they wish to take him, if he will come to the crowd. It is differently for us.

   c. 980, Wulf and Eadwacer:

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