Carte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Carte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 carte

f. [Lat. charta] Paper, a piece of paper, a deed; charta = GREEK :-- Híg hym tosendon áne cartan, seó wæs ðus awriten [MS. awryten] they sent a paper to him, which was thus inscribed, Nicod. 20; Thw. 10, 5. Alecge ða sealfe on hátne cláþ oððe cartan lay the salve on a hot cloth or on paper, L. M. 2, 19; Lchdm, ii. 202, 10. Cartan wrítan [MS. wirtan] oððe rǽdan to write or read a paper, Lchdm. iii. 200, 35. carte

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ᚳᚪᚱᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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