And-heáfdu

Old English Dictionary Entry

And-heáfdu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (-a); Related words: 298, 7, 9. Be ðém andheáfdan, ii. 172, 29: iii. 193, 8: vi. 8, 27, 29 (cf. on ðá heáfda, 36). Ofer ðá mǽd, ðæt swá be ðára andheáfdan, 234, 7. Tó ðám anheáfdan, iii. 279, 17, 18 (cf. andlang heáfda, 26). Be onheáfdan, 464, 19. Oþ ðá andheáfda; of ðám andheáfdum, 408, 28. and-heafdu

Definitions

1 and-heáfdu

n. pl. Headlands, the unploughed ground at the end of the furrows where the plough was turned:--Andlang ðǽra andheáfda, C. D.

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚾᛞ-ᚻᛖᚪᚠᛞᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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