A-níhst

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-níhst

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 a-níhst

adv. [a = on in, ad; níhst ultimus] At last, in the last place; ad ultimum, ultimo :-- Ne wǽron ðæt gesíða ða sǽmestan, ðeáh ðe ic hý aníhst nemnan sceolde they were not the worst of comrades, though I should name them last, Exon. 86b; Th. 326, 9; Wid. 126. a-nihst

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᚾᛁᚻᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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