Gift-búr

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gift-búr

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 gift-búr

m. A wedding-chamber, bride-chamber :-- Swá swá brýdguma forþ gewítende of giftbúre his tanquam sponsus procedens de thalamo suo, Ps. Spl. T. 18, 5. gift-bur

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛁᚠᛏ-ᛒᚢᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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