éhtere

Old English Dictionary Entry

éhtere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: éhtre, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 éhtere

m. A persecutor; persĕcūtor:--Éhtere persĕcūtor, Wrt. Voc. 74, 44. Of éhtere ex persecūtōre, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 19. Sanctus Albanus cýðde ðám éhterum Godes geleáfan ðæt he cristen wǽre Saint Alban told the persecutors of God's truth that he was a christian, 1, 7; S. 477, 22. Gebiddaþ for eówre éhteras pray for your persecutors, Mt. Bos. 5, 44: Bd. 1, 7; S. 476, 37. ehtere

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ᛖᚻᛏᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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