Hemming, himming

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hemming, himming

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hemming, himming

m. A boot made of raw hide :-- Hemming, i. rúh scó pero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 6. Himming, 117, 5. (Cf. Icel. hemingr the skin of the shanks of a hide. Hemingr as a proper name in Icelandic, and Hemming in O.H.Ger. N. E. D. hemming.] himming,hemming

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛗᛗᛝ, ᚻᛁᛗᛗᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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