Hafud-land

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hafud-land

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 hafud-land

n. A headland, boundary :-- Hafudland limites, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 77; Wrt. Voc. 38, 3. ['Headland, the upper portion of a field, generally left unploughed for convenience of passage,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxix. 'Adlands, those butts in a ploughed field which lie at right angles to the general direction of the others; the part close against the hedge. Salop,' Halliwell. So in Surrey, Engl. Dial. Soc. No. 12, p. 91. 'Headland, that is which is ploughed overthwart at the ends of the other lands,' No. 30, p. 82.] hafud-land

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᚠᚢᛞ-ᛚᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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