Eorl-riht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Eorl-riht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; u. Related words:

Definitions

1 eorl-riht

An earl's right or privilege; cŏmĭtis jus vel privĭlēgium :-- Gif þegen geþeáh, ðæt he wearþ to eorle, ðonne wæs he syððan eorlrihtes weorþe if a thane thrived, that he became an earl, then he was thenceforth worthy of an earl's right, L. R. 5 ; Th. i. 192, 8. eorl-riht

Runic Inscription

ᛇᚱᛚ-ᚱᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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