Hangra

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hangra

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: 374, 29. Ealle ða hangran betweónan ðam wege and ðam ðe tó Stánleáge ligþ gebyriaþ ealle tó Fearnebeorgan

Definitions

1 hangra

m. 'A meadow or grassplot, usually by the side of a road; the village green,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxix :-- Of ðam hangran súþ tó ðære strǽt from the meadow south to the road, 229, 27: all the meadows between the road and that which goes to Stanley all belong to Farnborough, iii. 409, 17. [Anger in local names, e.g. Shelfanger, Birchanger.] hangra

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ᚻᚪᛝᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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