wlencu
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editwlencu f
- pride, high spirit
- (negative) prideful behavior, such as arrogance, haughtiness, insolence, etc
- (positive) proud condition, such as greatness, pomp, splendor, etc
Conjugation
editDeclension of wlencu (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
edit- goldwlencu (“gold ornament”)
- oferwlencu (“ostentation”)
- weoroldwlencu (“worldly pomp or pride”)
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wlencu”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.