Brún-ecg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Brún-ecg

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 brún-ecg

adj. [brún brown, ecg an edge] Brown-edged; nigra acie præditus :-- Byrhtnóþ bræd bill of scéðe, brád and brúnecg Byrhtnoth drew his battle-axe from its sheath, broad and brown of edge, Byrht. Th. 136, 38; By. 163: Beo. Th. 3096; B. 1546. brun-ecg

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᚢᚾ-ᛖᚳᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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