Heáfod-leahter

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáfod-leahter

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 heáfod-leahter

m. A capital offence, mortal sin :-- Ǽlc ðara manna ðe mid heáfodleahtre besmiten biþ unusquisque eorum hominum, qui capitalibus criminibus polluti sunt, L. M. I. P. 1; Th. ii. 266, 3. Se ðe ða heáfodleahtras wyrcþ and on ðám geendaþ hé mót forbyrnan on ðam écum fýre he who commits the deadly sins and dies in them shall burn in the everlasting fire, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 17. heafod-leahter

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚠᚩᛞ-ᛚᛠᚻᛏᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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