morþbealo
Old English
noun
Definitions
- (poetic) murder, violence
Etymology
Affix from Old English morþ (murder, death, homicide, deadly sin, destruction) + Old English bealo.
Origin
Old English
bealo
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *balwą Proto-Germanic
- *murþą Proto-Germanic
- bealo Old English
- bealocwealm Old English
- bealohydig Old English
- feorhbealo Old English
- morþ Old English
- nihtbealo Old English
- bale Middle English
- murth Middle English