- morðorwyrhta
- m (-n/-n) murderer
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
morðorwyrhta
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morþwyrhta — m ( n/ n) murderer see morðorwyrhta … Old to modern English dictionary
murderer — (n.) mid 14c., alteration of murtherer (c.1300), agent noun from MURDER (Cf. murder) (v.); in part from O.Fr. mordrere, from M.L. murdrarius, from Germanic. Old English words for this included morðorcwalu, morðorslaga, morðorwyrhta, lit. murder… … Etymology dictionary
