Ge-hilt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-hilt

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-hilt

n. A hilt, handle; căpŭlus :-- He gegráp sweord be gehiltum he seized the sword by the hilt, Cd. 140; Th. 176, 1; Gen. 2905. [O. H. Ger. gehilze.] ge-hilt

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛁᛚᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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