Bán-hús

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bán-hús

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 bán-hús

n. The bone-house, the chest, body; ossea domus, pectus, corpus :-- He ðæt bánhús gebrocen hæfde he had broken the bone-house, the breast, or body, Beo. Th. 6285; B. 3147. Hence bánhúses weard the body's guard, the mind, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 9; Exod. 523. ban-hus

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ᛒᚪᚾ-ᚻᚢᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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