Eh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Eh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: eoh. eh-,eh

Definitions

1 eh

n. I. a war-horse, charger; equus bellātor :-- Ða ða hors óþbær, eh and eorlas which bore away the horses, the chargers, and chiefs, Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 21; Rä. 23, 11. II. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE=e, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is eh a war-horse, -- hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter e, but for eh a war-horse, charger, as, -- RUNE [eh] byþ for eorlum the war-horse is for chiefs, Hick. Thes. i. 135, 37; Runic pm. 19; Kmbl. 343, 3.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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