Búr-cniht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Búr-cniht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 búr-cniht

m. A chamberlain, servant of the bedchamber, eunuch :-- His búrcnihtas (eunuchi) woldon hine amyrran, Hml. A. 98, 213. Án þára búrcnihta, 100, 278. bur-cniht

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱ-ᚳᚾᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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