Hefeld

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hefeld

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: hebeld, hefel, hebel, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hefeld

m.[?] Thread for weaving :-- Hefeld licium, Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 50; Wrt. Voc. 59, 21. [Hevel fine twine, Halliw. Dict: cf. Icel. hefill; m. the clew-lines and bunt lines of a sail.] hefeld-,hefeld

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ᚻᛖᚠᛖᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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