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HÉLA

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1 HÉLA

m. The HEEL :-- Héla calx, Wrt. Voc. 283, 75. Hél calcaneum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 13, 18. Genim haran hélan [hǽlan MSS. H. B.] take hare's heel [lat. talum], Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346 16. Heó gehýden hǽlun míne ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt, Ps. Th. 55, 6. Gif ðæt wíf mid ðám hélum stæpeþ if the woman steps with the heels, Lchdm. iii. 144, 14. [O. Frs. héla, heila: Icel. hǽll.] hela
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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