Old English Dictionary Entry

Briten

Part of speech: Britten, e; Related words: Bryten. briten

Definitions

1 definitions

1 Briten

f. Britain; Britannia :-- Britene ígland ys eahta hund míla lang the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 3. Brittene ígland the island of Britain, Chr. Th. 3, 1, col. 2.

Similar Words

-bald
-bátian, -bátung
-beámed(e)
-beámen
-bearde, -beardede

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᛁᛏᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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