Beorhtu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Beorhtu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: beorhto, birhtu, byrhtu, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 beorhtu

f. Brightness, splendour; claritas, splendor :-- Gif hæleþa hwilc mæg ǽfre ofsión heofones leóhtes hútre beorhto if any man may ever behold the clear brightness of heaven's light, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 78; Met. 21, 39. beorhtu

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛇᚱᚻᛏᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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