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Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáh-ealdorman

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1 heáh-ealdorman

gen. -mannes; m. A chief alderman, ruler, patrician :-- Ætius mǽre man se wæs iú ǽr heáhealdorman Ætius vir inlustris qui et patricius fuit, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 40. Ðe hǽlend cwæþ tó ðæm héhaldurmenn ihesus ait archesynagogo, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 36. Héhaldormenn patricius, Rtl. 193, 5. heah-ealdorman
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚻ-ᛠᛚᛞᚩᚱᛗᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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