Blác-ern

Old English Dictionary Entry

Blác-ern

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

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

ᛒᛚᚪᚳ-ᛖᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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