Flax-fóte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Flax-fóte

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: flox-fóte, flohten-fóte; Related words:

Definitions

1 flax-fóte

adj. Broad-footed, flat-footed, web-footed; palmĭpes :-- Ða fugelas ðe on flódum wuniaþ syndon flaxfóte, ðæt hí swimman mǽgen [MS. magon] the birds that dwell in waters are web-footed, that they may swim, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 15. flax-fote

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛚᚪᚳᛋ-ᚠᚩᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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