Hádre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hádre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: hǽdre; Related words: Clearly [of light and of sound]

Definitions

1 hádre

ad :-- Hádre scíneþ rodores candel the lamp of the firmament [the sun] shines brightly, Beo. Th. 3147; B. 1571. Hǽdre blícan, scínan to shine brightly, Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 20; Ph. 115 : 120 b; Th. 462, 17; Hö. 53 : 51 b; Th. 179, 6; Gú. 1257. Swéga mǽste hǽdre clearly with loudest melody, 64 b; Th. 239, 10; Ph. 619 : 54 a; Th. 190, 26; Az. 79. Ðonne sió sunne sweotolost scíneþ hádrost of hefone when from heaven shines the sun most clearly and brightly, Bt. Met. Fox 6, 7; Met. 6, 4. [O. Sax. hédro.] hadre

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᛞᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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