Fóre-weall

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fóre-weall

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 fóre-weall

m. A fore-wall, bulwark; propugnācŭlum :-- Syndon ða fóreweallas gestépte óþ wolcna hróf the fore-walls are raised to the clouds' roof [the water-walls in the Red Sea], Cd. 158; Th. 196, 25; Exod. 297. fore-weall

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᚱᛖ-ᚹᛠᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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