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wíl-bec

  • noun [ masculine ]
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a stream of misery (?)
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  • Wuniendo wær wílbec biscær,

      Exon. Th. 353, 42; Reim. 26.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. víl misery, wretchedness; víl-stigr a path of misery.]
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  • wíl-bec, n.