Fyrd-gestealla

Old English Dictionary Entry

Fyrd-gestealla

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 fyrd-gestealla

m. A comrade in arms, martial comrade; expĕdītiōnis bellĭcæ sŏcius, commīlĭto :-- Nealles folc-cyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte the peoples king needed not to boast of his comrades in arms, Beo. Th. 5739; B. 2873. Wurdon Sodomware leófum bedrorene fyrdgesteallum the inhabitants of Sodom were deprived of their beloved martial comrades, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 23; Gen. 1999. fyrd-gestealla

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚣᚱᛞ-ᚷᛖᛋᛏᛠᛚᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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