Beór-sele

Old English Dictionary Entry

Beór-sele

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: biór-sele, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 beór-sele

m. A beer-hall, feasting-hall, hall, mansion, palace; cerevisiæ aula, convivis recipiendis locus, aula, mansio, palatium :-- In [on] beórsele in the beer-hall, Beo. Th. 968; B. 482 : 988; B. 492 : Runic pm. 14; Hick. Thes. i. 135; Kmbl. 342, 5. Gesittaþ beórselas beorna they shall inhabit the beer-halls of chieftains, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 2; Exod. 563. beor-sele

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛖᚩᚱ-ᛋᛖᛚᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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