Heago-rún

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heago-rún

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

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1 heago-rún

f. A mystery in which magic is involved, necromancy :-- Hú mambres ontýnde ða drýlícan bec his bréðer iamnes and him geopenude ða heagorúne ðæs deófelgildes his bróður aperuit mambres libros magicos fratris sui iamnis et fecit nicromantiam et eduxit ab inferis idolum fratris sui, Nar. 50, 14. [Cockayne has the following note :-- 'Heag hic pro veneficus, magicus sumendus; nostrum HAG.'] heago-run

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ᚻᛠᚷᚩ-ᚱᚢᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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