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Old English Dictionary Entry

Bil-gesleht

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1 bil-gesleht

n. [bil, bill a sword, gesleht a clashing, conflict, slaughter; from sleán to slay, kill] A clashing of swords, battle; ensium concutio, pugna :-- Gelpan ne þorfte beorn blandenfeax bilgeslehtes [billgeslyhtes, Cott. Tiber. A. vi; billgeslihtes, Cott. Tiber. B. i: Cott. Tiber. B. iv] the grizzly-haired warrior needed not boast of the clashing of swords, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 35, col. 1; Æðelst. 45. bil-gesleht
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛚ-ᚷᛖᛋᛚᛖᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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