Egones hám

Old English Dictionary Entry

Egones hám

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Egnes hám, es; Related words:

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1 Egones hám

m. [Ethelw. Ignesham: Flor. Eignes-ham: Hunt. Aegnesham: Gerv. Egenesham] ENSHAM or EYNSHAM, Oxfordshire; lŏci nōmen in agro Oxoniensi :-- Hér Cúþwulf feaht wið Bretwalas and genom Egones hám in this year [A.D. 571] Cuthwulf fought against the Britons and took Eynsham, Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 14. Into Egnes hám at Eynsham, Cod. Dipl. 714; A. D. 1005; Kmbl. iii. 344, 16. egones ham

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚷᚩᚾᛖᛋ ᚻᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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