Old English Dictionary Entry

Deoreþ-sceaft

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 deoreþ-sceaft

m. [deoreþ = daroþ a dart, sceaft a shaft, handle] A dart-shaft, a spear; hasta :-- Under deoreþsceaftum amid the dart-shafts, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 23; Gen. 1984. deoreþ-sceaft

Similar Words

-dállic
-deáded
-deáw
-défedlic, -défness
-démedness

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛇᚱᛖᚦ-ᛋᚳᛠᚠᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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