Ealdor-scype

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ealdor-scype

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ealdor-scype

m. Eldership, supremacy; principātus, prīmātus :-- Ða on þeódum ealdorscype habbaþ they have eldership among the nations, Mk. Bos. 10, 42. Ealdorscype healdan prīmātum tĕnēre, Coll. Monast. Th. 30, 17. ealdor-scype

Runic Inscription

ᛠᛚᛞᚩᚱ-ᛋᚳᚣᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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