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Old English Dictionary Entry

BELLAN

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1 BELLAN

part. bellende; ic belle, ðú bilst, he bilþ, pl. bellaþ; p. ic, he beal, ðú bulle, pl. bullon; pp. bollen To BELLOW, to make a hollow noise, to roar, bark, grunt; boare, latrare, grunnire :-- Bearg bellende a roaring [grunting] boar, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 10; Rä. 41, 106. [Ger. bellen : Swed. böla : O. Nrs. belja.] bellan
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᛚᛚᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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O. Nrs.
Old Norse

Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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