Hellewíte-bróga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hellewíte-bróga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: wíte-bróga.

Definitions

1 hellewíte-bróga

terror of hell :-- Þæt man ús foresegð embe hellewíte-brógan (or ? helle wíte-brógan. But cf. be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes hé leóþ geworhte de horrore poenae gehennalis carmina faciebat, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15), Wlfst. 151, 24. hellewite-broga

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛚᛚᛖᚹᛁᛏᛖ-ᛒᚱᚩᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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