Ealdor-lic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ealdor-lic

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: ealdor, I :-- Ealdorlicere mihte

Definitions

1 ealdor-lic

Add: I. of an ealdor. tribunice potestatis, An. Ox. 4544. Ealdorlicere tribunica, 4010. II. chief, principal, princely :-- Seó ceaster wæs héh and aldorlic, Bl. H. 77, 25. Swá ealdorlices hádes principalis tanti sexus, An. Ox. 3890. Ic hálsige þá Crístes þegnas for hiora ealdorlican setle (cf. þæt gé sitton ofer þrymsetl. Lk. 22, 30), Angl. xii. 503, 17. Mid gáste alderlice spiritu principali, Ps. Srt. 50, 14. Twá and hundseofontig þeóda ealdorlicra mǽgða ... xv mǽgða ealdorlicera (-e, MS) and mycele, Angl. xi. 2, 46, 48. III. authentic, authentico, An. Ox. 5151. ealdor-lic,ealdorlic

Runic Inscription

ᛠᛚᛞᚩᚱ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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