seorþan

Old English

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *serþaną (“to hit, violate”)

Verb

seorþan

  1. to violate (sexually)
  2. to commit adultery (glosses Latin moechor)

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.