Hand-sliht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hand-sliht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -slyht, es; Related words: sliht

Definitions

1 hand-sliht

m. A slaying with the hand :-- Ne meahte hé ealdum eorle hondslyht giofan he could not give a deadly blow to the old warrior, Beo. Th. 5937: B. 2972: 5851; B. 2929. and its compounds. hand-sliht

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᚾᛞ-ᛋᛚᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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