Aldor-ner

Old English Dictionary Entry

Aldor-ner

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: ealdor-ner. aldor-ner

Definitions

1 aldor-ner

n. A life's safety, refuge; vitæ servatio, asylum :-- Ne mæg ic aldor-nere míne gesécan I cannot seek my life's safety, Cd. 117; Th. 151, 22; Gen. 2512. Ðæt we aldor-nere sécan móten that we may seek an asylum, Cd. 117; Th. 152, 13; Gen. 2519.

Runic Inscription

ᚪᛚᛞᚩᚱ-ᚾᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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