Bisceop-híred

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bisceop-híred

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 bisceop-híred

m. The clergy subject to a bishop :-- Biscophírede cleri (ad calumniam pontificis et infamiam cleri, Ald. 41, 2: cf. gloss on the passage. An. Ox. 3006 :-- Cleri, i. familie, i. populi preósthíredes), Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 28: 18, 28. Se biscop þrowade martyrdóm mid ealle his biscophírede, Shrn. 105, 18. bisceop-hired

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛋᚳᛇᛈ-ᚻᛁᚱᛖᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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