Fore-irnere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fore-irnere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 fore-irnere

m. A forerunner, precursor:--Foreiornere precursor, Rtl. 56, 3, 20. Foreirnerum feletei, Wrt. Voc. ii. 76, 52. Féþemen, féþehere felethi, foreirnerum felethei, 33, 46. [The passage glossed is Ald. 11, 37 where the word is Pelethi. Cf. An. Ox. 776.] fore-irnere

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᛖ-ᛁᚱᚾᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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"Fornjóts synir eru á landi komnir"