Heáh-deór

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáh-deór

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: heá-, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 heáh-deór

n. A stag, deer :-- Swá swíðe he lufode ða heádeór swilce hé wǽre heora fæder he loved the stags as if he were their father, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 29: Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 3. [Cf. Ger. die hohe Jagd the hunting of deer.] heah-deor

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚻ-ᛞᛖᚩᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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