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Old English Dictionary Entry

Blác-ern

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Definitions

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1 blác-ern

n. [blác light, ærn, ern a place] A light place, a lamp, candlestick, lantern, light, candle; lucerna :-- Bæd ðæt hí ðæt blácern adwæseton prayed that they would put out the light [lucernam], Bd. 4, 8; S. 575, 40. Bærnaþ eówer blácern light your candle, Bd. 4, 8; S. 576, 6: Ps. Th, 131, 18. blac-ern
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛚᚪᚳ-ᛖᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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