Hand-preóst

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hand-preóst

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hand-preóst

m. A chaplain; sacellanus, Ælfc. Gl. 68; Som. 70, 13; Wrt. Voc. 42, 22. Stigand ðe was ðes cinges rǽdgifa and his hand-preóst Stigand who was the king's counsellor and chaplain, Chr. 1051: Erl. 182, 20. hand-preost

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᚾᛞ-ᛈᚱᛖᚩᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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