Old English Dictionary Entry

BELG

Part of speech: belig, bylg, bylig, bilig, bælg, bælig, es; Related words: ge-belg. belg

Definitions

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1 BELG

m. A BULGE, budget, bag, purse, bellows, pod, husk, BELLY; bulga, follis, siliqua, uter :-- Bylg bulga, Cot. 27. Bylig follis, Ælfc. Gl. 27; Wrt. Voc. 86, 15. Bilig uter, Ps. Spl. M. 118, 83. [Dut. balg, m : Ger. balg, m : M. H. Ger. balc, m : O. H. Ger. balg, m. follis, uter : Goth. balgs, m : Dan. bælg, m : O. Nrs. belgr, m.] DER. beán-belg, -bælg, blást-, mete-, wín-.

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Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᛚᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Goth.: Gothic
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Nrs.: Old Norse

Works & Authors

Cot.: Cottonian Manuscripts
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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