wlencu
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]wlencu f
- pride, high spirit
- (negative) prideful behavior, such as arrogance, haughtiness, insolence, etc
- (positive) proud condition, such as greatness, pomp, splendor, etc
Conjugation
[edit]Declension 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.