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Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáh-flód

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1 heáh-flód

m. High tide [as opposed to neap tide], deep water :-- Heáhflód malina: népflód ledona, Ælfc. Gl. 105; Som. 78, 30, 29; Wrt. Voc. 37, 12, 11. Lét fleógan hrefn ofer heáhflód he let a raven fly over the deep water [of the deluge], Cd. 71; Th. 87, 1; Gen. 1442. [Cf. Icel. há-flæðr a high flood-tide.] heah-flod
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚻ-ᚠᛚᚩᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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