Old English Dictionary Entry

And-heáfdu

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

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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.

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Runic Inscription

ᚪᚾᛞ-ᚻᛖᚪᚠᛞᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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C.: Corpus Christi College MS

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