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wód-frec

  • adjective
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Grammar
wód-frec, adj.
Furiously greedy, raging, ravening
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  • Ðæt se wódfreca werewulf (the devil) tó swýðe ne slíte, ne tó fela ne ábíte of godcundre heorde,

    • L. C. E. 26
    • ;
    • Th. i. 374, 30.
  • Wódfræca,

      Wulfst. 191, 16.
Etymology
[
Cf. O. H. Ger. wuot-grimni tyrannus
:
Icel. óð-fúss, -gjarn madly eager.
]
Linked entries
v.  frec.
Full form

Word-wheel

  • wód-frec, adj.