Old English Dictionary Entry

Ear-gebland

Part of speech: ear-geblond, earh-geblond, es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 ear-gebland

n. Wave-mingling; oceăni turbātio, undārum commixtio :-- Ofer eargebland [æra gebland, col. 1] land gesóhtan they sought the land over the ocean [lit. the wave-mingling], Chr. 937; Th. 202, 38, col. 2: Th. 203, 38, col. 1, 2: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 59; Met. 8, 30. ear-gebland

Similar Words

-éþrian, éþring
é ðm
é-gylt
é-swíc
é-swíca

Runic Inscription

ᛠᚱ-ᚷᛖᛒᛚᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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