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wróht-georn

  • adjective
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Grammar
wróht-georn, adj.
Quarrelsome, contentious, eager for strife,
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v. wróht, IV
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  • On óðre wísan sint tó monianne ða wróhtgeornan, on óðre ða gesibsuman. . . . Hé be ðæm wróhtgeornan secgean wolde

    quomodo admonendi qui jurgia serunt, et pacifici. . . . Quem seminantem jurgia dicere voluit,

    • Past. 47
    • ;
    • Swt. 357, 12, 23.
Etymology
[
Cf. Icel. róg-girni a disposition to slander.
]
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  • wróht-georn, adj.