Old English Dictionary Entry

Carcern-þeóstru

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 carcern-þeóstru

f. Prison-darkness, the darkness of the prison :-- Mistlice þreála gebyriað for synnum, bendas oððe dyntas oððe carcernþýstra, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 26. carcern-þeostru

Similar Words

-cafstrian
-cirre
-clips
-cnáwe
-cnáwlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚪᚱᚳᛖᚱᚾ-ᚦᛖᚩᛋᛏᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Ll.: Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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