Hand-wyrst

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hand-wyrst

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -wrist, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 hand-wyrst

f. The wrist :-- Fæðm betwux elboga and handwyrste cubitum, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 125; Wrt. Voc. 43, 51. [Halliwell gives hand-wrists as a Somersetshire word.] hand-wyrst

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᚾᛞ-ᚹᚣᚱᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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