Fird-stemn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fird-stemn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 fird-stemn

m. An army-corps; exercĭtus cohors :-- Ðá se fird-stemn fór hám, ðá fór óðer út when the army-corps went home, then another went out, Chr. 921; Th. 195, 19. fird-stemn

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛁᚱᛞ-ᛋᛏᛖᛗᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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