Heáh-hirde

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáh-hirde

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 heáh-hirde

m. A chief pastor, an archimandrite :-- Héhhyrde archimandrita, i. excelsus magister, An. Ox. 910. cf. heáh-fæder; II. 2 b. heah-hirde

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚻ-ᚻᛁᚱᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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