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Old English Dictionary Entry

Brýd-bed(d)

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1 brýd-bed(d)

nuptial bed. Add :-- Wearð ꝥ brýdbed mid brǽðe áfylled, Hml. S. 4, 32. His brýdbedd, 7, 43. Brúcan his dohtor árleásan brídbeddes, Ap. Th. 3, 7. On eówrum brýdbedde, Hml. S. 4, 19. Swá swá brýdguma of his brýdbedde, Hml. Th. i. 200, 21: ii. 10, 26: Hml. A. 27, 82. [N. E. D. bride-bed. O. H. Ger. brút-betti thorus, thalamus.] bryd-bedd
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᚣᛞ-ᛒᛖᛞ(ᛞ)

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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