Byrht-word

Old English Dictionary Entry

Byrht-word

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 byrht-word

adj. [byrht = beorht bright, word a word] Bright of word, clear in words or speech; clarus voce :-- Byrhtword arás engla ordfruma the creator of angels, bright of words, arose, Cd. 218; Th. 279, 15; Sat. 238. byrht-word

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ᛒᚣᚱᚻᛏ-ᚹᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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