Heah-rún

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heah-rún

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 heah-rún

f. 'A damsel having a spirit of divination' :-- Heahrún pithonissa (pithonissam necromantiae spiritu vaticinantem, Ald. 26, 11. The reference is to Acts 16, 16 : Puellam quandam habentem spiritum pythonem), Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 47. Cf. hel-rún, -rýnegu, helle-rúne; heago-rún, hægtesse. heah-run

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛠᚻ-ᚱᚢᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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