Driht-weras

Old English Dictionary Entry

Driht-weras

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 driht-weras

pl. m. [wer a man] Men, chieftains; popŭlāres viri :-- Óþ-ðæt drihtweras duguþum gefóran ðǽr is botlwéla Bethlem háten till that the fellow men journeyed to where there is a village called Bethel, Cd. 86; Th. 107, 32; Gen. 1798. Ðú móst heonon húþe lǽdan ealle, búton dǽle ðissa drihtwera thou mayest lead all the spoil hence, save the part of these chieftains, 98; Th. 129, 27: Gen. 2150. driht-weras

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ᛞᚱᛁᚻᛏ-ᚹᛖᚱᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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