Deófol-gylda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Deófol-gylda

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 deófol-gylda

m. [gild = gyld a worship, with -a a worshipper] A worshipper of the devil, an idolater; idololatres = είδωλoλάτρηs :-- Ða deófolgyldan gecwǽdon ðæt hí woldon ðone apostol to heora hǽðenscipe geneádian the idolaters said that they would force the apostle to their heathenship, Homl. Th. i. 70, 23. deofol-gylda

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛖᚩᚠᚩᛚ-ᚷᚣᛚᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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