Bismer-gleó[w]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bismer-gleó[w]

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 bismer-gleó[w]

n. Unseemly, disgraceful sport :-- Ic geháte ꝥ ic nǽfre ofer þis mínne líchoman ne besmíte þurh ꝥ grimme bysmergleów þæs mánfullan geligeres, Hml. S. 23 b, 451. Bysmergle(ó) ludicra (prima juventutis calcans severe, Ald. 158, 8: cf. lascivam aetatis petulantiam crudeliter castigans, 33, 35), An. Ox. 17, 17. bismer-gleow

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛋᛗᛖᚱ-ᚷᛚᛖᚩ[ᚹ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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