Bile

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bile

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 bile

m? A BILL, beak of a bird, a proboscis, the fore part of a ship; rostrum, proboscis = πρoβoσκίs :-- Bile rostrum, Wrt. Voc. 77, 26. Ylpes bile vel wrót an elephant's proboscis, Ælfc. Gl. 18; Som. 58, 128; Wrt. Voc. 22, 42. bile

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛚᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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