úle

Old English Dictionary Entry

úle

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: 17, 16. Úlena

Definitions

1 úle

f. An owl :-- Úlae cavanni, Txts. 47, 378: ulula, 107, 2150. Úle noctua, ulula, 81, 1382: ulula, Wrt. Voc. i. 281, 7: ii. 62, 35: noctua, i. 281, 6: ii. 60, 35: noctua vel strinx, i. 77, 41: strix vel cavanna vel noctua vel ulula, 29, 11. Ne etc gé úlan (noctuam), Lecavannarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 69: 19, 20: Hpt. Gl. 526, 62. [O. H. Ger. úwila, úla noctua, ulula, bubo; Icel. ugla.] ule

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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