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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hyse-beorþor

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1 hyse-beorþor

n. The bearing of male offspring, the offspring itself, a young man :-- Hyseberþor puerperium, Mone B. 3894. Hyseborþor, 4975. Hysebeorþ[or], Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 42. Woldon on ðam hysebeorþre [cf. 2253, se geonga] heafolan gescénan they would hurt the head of the man, Andr. Kmbl. 2285; An. 1144.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚣᛋᛖ-ᛒᛇᚱᚦᚩᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

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Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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