wuldor

Would English-speaking life today be somewhat different had words like wuldor, scop, dryhten, hyge, and līc or “glory,” “poet-singer,” “lord,” “thought,” and “body” survived as well?

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

Would English-speaking life today be somewhat different had words like wuldor, scop, dryhten, hyge, and līc or “glory,” “poet-singer,” “lord,” “thought,” and “body” survived as well?

The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

[gyl] - denne heáh ofer heáfod, 47; pret.part. häfde kyninga wuldor Grendle tô-geánes ... sele-weard â-seted, 668. be-settan, _to set with, surround_: pret.sg. (helm) besette swîn-lîcum

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879

[gyl] - denne hēah ofer hēafod, 47; pret.part. hæfde kyninga wuldor Grendle tō-gēanes ... sele-weard ā-seted, 668. be-settan, _to set with, surround_: pret.sg. (helm) besette swīn-līcum

Beowulf Robert Sharp 1879