Hand-bell

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hand-bell

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

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1 hand-bell

f. A hand-bell :-- Ðǽr nǽron ǽr búton vii upphangene bella and nú sind xiii upphangene and xii handbella before there were but seven hung-up bells, and now there are thirteen hung-up bells and twelve hand-bells, Th. Chart; 430, 6. hand-bell

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᚾᛞ-ᛒᛖᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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