Beáw-hyrnet

Old English Dictionary Entry

Beáw-hyrnet

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: = beó-hyrnet, -hyrnett, e; Related words: beó, hyrnet. beaw-hyrnet

Definitions

1 beáw-hyrnet

f. A bee-hornet, gad-fly, horse-fly; œstrus = oίττρos :-- Beáw-hyrnet œstrus [MS. beáw-hyrnette œstrum, acc?], Ælfc. Gl. 22; Som. 59, 108; Wrt. Voc. 23, 64.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᚪᚹ-ᚻᚣᚱᚾᛖᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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