Glíw-stól

Old English Dictionary Entry

Glíw-stól

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 glíw-stól

Take here gleów-stól in Dict., and add: A seat of music and song (cf. þǽr (at Hrothgar's court) wæs gidd and gleó, B. 2105; cf. also seledreám), a joyous home (cf. hleów-stól for similar compound). The subject of the riddle is a stag's horn, which is shed and its place taken by a new one. This process is represented as the expulsion of a man from his home and country by a younger brother who takes his place. gliw-stol

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛚᛁᚹ-ᛋᛏᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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