Alh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Alh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: alhn, es; Related words: healh, hearh. alh

Definitions

1 alh

m. A sheltering-place, temple, fane; asylum, templum :-- Tempel Gode, alhn háligne a temple for God, a holy fane. Cd. 162; Th. 202, 22; Exod. 392. [O. Sax. O. H. Ger. alah: Goth. alhs.]

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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