Cweart-ern

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cweart-ern

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: cwert-ern, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 cweart-ern

n. A guard-house, prison; custodia, carcer :-- Ðæs cwearternes hirde híg betǽhte Iosepe custos carceris tradidit eos Ioseph, Gen. 40, 4. Ic wæs on cwearterne eram in carcere, Mt. Bos. 25, 36, 39: Lk. Bos. 3, 20: Jn. Bos. 3, 24: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 9, 59. [Prompt. qwert, whert incolumis, sanus, sospes.] cweart-ern,cweartern

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚹᛠᚱᛏ-ᛖᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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