Drenc-horn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Drenc-horn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 drenc-horn

m. A drinking-horn; potōrium cornu :-- Ic geann into ðære stówe ðone drenc-horn ðe is ǽr [MS. ér] æt ðam híréde gebohte I give to that place the drinking-horn which I formerly bought from the brotherhood, Cod. Dipl. 722; Kmbl. iii. 361, 31. drenc-horn

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚱᛖᚾᚳ-ᚻᚩᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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