Mál-sweord

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mál-sweord

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 mál-sweord

n. A sword with inlaid ornament :-- Ic geann ðæs málswurdes, Chart. Th. 560, 33. [Cf. Icel. mála-sax an inlaid sword.] mal-sweord

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᛚ-ᛋᚹᛇᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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