Heáfod-stól

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáfod-stól

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 heáfod-stól

m. A chief place, capital :-- Thébána fæsten ðætte ǽr wæs ealra Créca heáfodstól the city of Thebes which before was the chief place of all Greece, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 5: 3, 11; Swt. 144, 19. [Icel. höfuð-stóll a chief seat.] heafod-stol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚠᚩᛞ-ᛋᛏᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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