Hearh-eard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hearh-eard

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: (?) Related words: hearh ;

Definitions

1 hearh-eard

a grove-dwelling (?), a dwelling in a grove, a grove as a dwelling, I. 1 :-- Hét mec hláford mín herheard niman ( ERROR cf. héht mec mon wunian on wuda bearwe, 27. Cf. too, the phrase úpeard niman, Gú. 1051. But for another rendering of the passage see heard; VI. hearh-eard

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛠᚱᚻ-ᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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