Breoten-wealda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Breoten-wealda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: 218, 17. Ongol-Saxna cyning and Brytenwalda ealles dyses īglandæs

Definitions

1 Breoten-wealda

m. The ruler of Britain :-- Ic Ædelstān Ongol-Saxna cyning and Brytænwalda eallæs dyses īglandæs ego Ædelstanus rex et rector totius hujus Britanniae insulae, C. D. Angul-Saxonum necnon et totius Brittaniae rex, 219, 9. Hē wæs se eahteþa cyning sē þe Brytenw(e)alda (Bretenan, ) wæs octavus rex qui rexit Bryttaniam, Chr. 827 ; P. 60, 26 note. [N. E. D. Bret-walda.] breoten-wealda

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛇᛏᛖᚾ-ᚹᛠᛚᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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