Eard-geard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Eard-geard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 eard-geard

m. A dwelling-place, the earth; habitātiōnis lŏcus, terra:--In ðam eardgearde in that dwelling-place [in Jerusalem], Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 19; Cri. 55. Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda Scyppend the Creator of men overwhelmed this world, 77 b; Th. 291, 20; Wand. 85. eard-geard

Runic Inscription

ᛠᚱᛞ-ᚷᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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