Bord-weall

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bord-weall

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 bord-weall

m. A board-wall, a shield; scutorum agger, testudo, clypeus :-- He bræc ðone bordweall he broke through the board-wall, Byrht. Th. 139, 60; By. 277: Beo. Th. 5952; B. 2980. bord-weall

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚩᚱᛞ-ᚹᛠᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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