Old English Dictionary Entry

Hweorf-

Part of speech: hwyrf-, hwer-bán, es;

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1 hweorf-

n. A joint [of the back], vertebra, [of the knee], the knee-cap :-- Hwyrfbán vertibulum, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 43; Wrt. Voc. 19, 46. Hwerbán vertibulum vel vertebra, 74; Som. 71, 50; Wrt. Voc. 44, 33. Hweorbán vertibula, Wrt. Voc. 283, 38. Hwiorfbán, Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1. [Cf. Prompt. Parv. whyrle-bone, or hole of a joynt anca, vertebrum, vertibulum, and see note, p. 524: Scot. whorle-bane hip-joint: Ger. wirbel-bein vertebra.] hweorf,hweorf-,-hweorf

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Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᛇᚱᚠ-

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.: German

Works & Authors

Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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