Old English Dictionary Entry

Hós

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

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1 hós

f. A bramble, thorn :-- Hós butrus, Wrt. Voc. 285, 27: rhamnus, vimen; butrus, Cot. 25, 165, Lye. Twígu l hósa rhamnum, Ps. Spl. C. 57, 9. hos

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

C.: Corpus Christi College MS
Cot.: Cottonian Manuscripts
Lye.: Lye's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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