Ealdor-ner

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ealdor-ner

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: aldor-ner, es; Related words: ner. ealdor-ner

Definitions

1 ealdor-ner

n. A life-salvation, life's safety, refuge, asylum; vitæ servātio, refŭgium :-- Cwom him to áre and to ealdor-nere he come to them for mercy and for their life's salvation, Exon. 53 b; Th. 189, 4; Az. 54.

Runic Inscription

ᛠᛚᛞᚩᚱ-ᚾᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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