Ed-leán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ed-leán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ead-leán, æd-leán, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ed-leán

n. [ed or ead; leán a loan] A reward, recompense, requital, retribution; præmium, retrĭbūtio :-- Edleánes dæg retribūtiōnis dies, Lk. Bos. 4, 19. Ðæt edleán, Bt. 3, 4; Fox 6, 19: Andr. Kmbl. 2457; An. 1230. For edleane propter retrĭbūtiōnem, Ps. Spl. 118, 112. ed-lean

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛞ-ᛚᛖᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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