Fót-sceamel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fót-sceamel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -sceamol, -scamel, -scamul, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 fót-sceamel

m. A footstool; pĕdum scăbellum, subpĕdāneum :-- Óþ-ðæt ic asette ðíne fýnd to fótsceamele ðínra fóta dōnec pōnam inĭmīcos tuos scăbellum pĕdum tuōrum, Lk. Bos. 20, 43: Ps. Lamb. 109, 1. Ge-eádmédaþ fótsceamol his fóta adōrāte scăbellum pĕdum ejus, Ps. Lamb. 98, 5: Mt. Bos. 22, 44: Mk. Bos. 12, 36. Under ðínum fótscamele under thy footstool, Homl. Th. i. 314, 32. Seó eorþe ys Godes fótscamul terra scabellum est pĕdum Dei, Mt. Bos. 5, 35. Fótscamul scabellum vel subpĕdāneum, Ælfc. Gl. 66; Som. 69, 79; Wrt. Voc. 41, 33. [O. Sax. fót-skamel: Germ. fuss-schemel.] fot-sceamel

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᛏ-ᛋᚳᛠᛗᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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