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Old English Dictionary Entry

Beorh-hliþ

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1 beorh-hliþ

n. A mountain-height, mountain-brow; montis clivus vel fastigium :-- Under beorhhliðe under the mountain-height, Elen. Kmbl. 1572; El. 788 : 2015; El. 1009. Wǽron beorhhliðu blóde bestémed the mountain-brows were besteamed with blood, Cd. 166; Th. 206, 7; Exod. 448. Under beorhhleoðum among the mountain-heights, 98; Th. 130, 13; Gen. 2159. beorh-hliþ
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛇᚱᚻ-ᚻᛚᛁᚦ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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