Beót-word

Old English Dictionary Entry

Beót-word

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 beót-word

n. I. [beót I. a threat] a word of threatening, threats; minæ :-- Beótwordum spræc folcágende the people's lord spake in words of threatening, Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 24; Jul. 185. II. [beót III. a boasting] a word of boasting; jactationis verbum :-- Beówulf beótwordum spræc Beowulf spake in words of boasting, Beo. Th. 5014; B. 2510. beot-word

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ᛒᛖᚩᛏ-ᚹᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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