Ellen-heard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ellen-heard

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 ellen-heard

adj. Hard of courage, bold, courageous; fortis, strēnuus :-- Wæs eorl ellenheard searoþancum beseted the courageous warrior was beset with various thoughts, Andr. Kmbl. 2509; An. 1256: Exon. 49 b; Th. 172, 3; Gú. 1138. ellen-heard

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛚᛚᛖᚾ-ᚻᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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