edwitstæf

Old English

Etymology

From edwīt (“reproach, scorn”) +‎ stæf (“letter”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈedˌwiːtˌstæf/

Noun

edwītstæf m

1. reproach, scandal, disgrace, dishonor

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “edwít-stæf”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.