Boruct-ware

Old English Dictionary Entry

Boruct-ware

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: 21, 77. Zeuss supposes they may have inhabited the country near the Lippe, which was called

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1 Boruct-ware

gen. a; dat. um; pl. m: Boructuari, -orum; pl. m. A people of ancient Germany, occupying the country between the Rhine, the Lippe, Ems, and Weser; Bructĕri = Βρoυtonos;κτερoι :-- Wǽron Frysan, Rugine, Dene, Hune, Eald-Seaxan, Boructware sunt Fresones, Rugini, Danai, Hunni, Antiqui Saxones, Boructuari, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 16. Tacitus always mentions the Bructeri with the Tencteri,-Bructeri et Tencteri, Ann. xiii. 56: Hist. iBoroctra or Borhtergo, Deut. Nachbarst. 353. boruct-ware

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ᛒᚩᚱᚢᚳᛏ-ᚹᚪᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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