Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáh-altar

Part of speech: es ;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 heáh-altar

m. A high altar :-- Þæs heáhalteres ofergeweorc cibborium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 15. On Ses UNCERTAIN Petrus heáhaltare in his circan, Wlfst. 212, 3. Héhaltare, 214, 11. [Icel. há-altari.] Cf. heáh-wígbed (-weófod). heah-altar

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚻ-ᚪᛚᛏᚪᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Voc.: Vocabulary
Wlfst.: Wulfstan
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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