- wælmist
- \wælmist2 m (-es/-as) mist of death
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
mist — {{11}}mist (n.) O.E. mist dimness (of eyesight), mist (earliest in compounds, such as misthleoðu misty cliffs, wælmist mist of death ), from P.Gmc. *mikhstaz (Cf. M.L.G. mist, Du. mist, Icelandic mistur, Norw., Swed. mist), perhaps from PIE… … Etymology dictionary