Healf-weard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Healf-weard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 healf-weard

m. One who has a share of another's property or power :-- Hé sette hine on his húse to halfwearde ealra him his ǽhta anweald betǽhte constituit eum dominum domes suæ, et principem omnis possessionis suæ, Ps. Th. 104,17. healf-weard

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛠᛚᚠ-ᚹᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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