Old English Dictionary Entry

Bel-flýs

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 bel-flýs

n. [bell a bell, flýs a fleece] The BELL-WETHER'S FLEECE, the fleece of a sheep that carries the bell; tympani vellus, i. e. ducis gregis tintinnabulum gestantis vellus :-- Bel-flýs id est, tympani vellus, L. R. S. 14; Th. i. 438, 23. bel-flys

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᛚ-ᚠᛚᚣᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.: Latin

Works & Authors

R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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