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þeód-wrecan

  • verb [ uncertain ]
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to avenge thoroughly, take great vengeance for
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  • Grendles módor gegán wolde sorhfulue síð, sunu þeódwrecan (Ettmüller would read suna deáð wrecan; but perhaps the force of þeód- here and its composition with a verb may be illustrated by the case of full-, which is compounded with verbs, and has the force of per-; see the verbs in the Dictionary. The parallel between full- and þeód- might be further illustrated from compound adjectives in Icelandic, e.g. full-glaðr and þjóð-glaðr, full-góðr

    and

    þjóð-góðr),
      Beo. Th. 2561; B. 1278.
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  • þeód-wrecan, v.