Heard-neb

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heard-neb

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -nebb; Related words:

Definitions

1 heard-neb

adj. Having a hard beak [epithet of the raven] :-- Ðá cwæþ se hálga tó ðám heardnebbum then said the saint to the ravens, Homl. Th. ii. 144, 15. other compounds of neb. heard-neb

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛠᚱᛞ-ᚾᛖᛒ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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