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Old English Dictionary Entry

BRORD

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1 BRORD

m? A prick or point, a lance, javelin, the first blade or spire of grass or corn, etc; punctus, cuspis, frumenti spica, herba :-- Brord punctus, Cot. 157. Ne furðan brordas not even blades; ne herbæ quidem, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 35. Brord herba, Mt. Lind. Rush. Stnatum, Lk. Lind. War. 8, 6. [Orm. brodd: Dan. bred, brodde, m. f: Swed. brodd, m; O. Nrs. broddr, m. aculeus, telum, frons aciei vel agminis.] brord
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

O. Nrs.
Old Norse

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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