-e

Old English Dictionary Entry

-e

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: in the termination of nouns, denotes a person; as, Hyrde, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 -e

m. A shepherd, from hyrdan to guard. The vowel -e is also used to form nouns denoting inanimate objects; as, Cýle, es; m. Cold; cwide, es; m. A saying, testament: brice, es; m. A breach: wlite, es; m. Beauty. These are mostly derived from verbs, and are masculine, but when derived from adjectives they are feminine; as, Rihtwíse, an; f. Justice. e,-e

Runic Inscription

-ᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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