Heofon-wolcen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heofon-wolcen

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 heofon-wolcen

n. A cloud of heaven, of the sky :-- Of heofon-wolcnum from the clouds of heaven, Ps. Th. 147, 6. Ðǽr mec féddon hruse and heofonwolcn [? MS. wlonc] where earth and rain from heaven fed me, Exon. 126 b; Th. 485, 23; Rä. 72, 2. [Cf. O. Sax. himilwolcan: O. H. Ger. himil-wolchen nubes cæli.] heofon-wolcen

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛇᚠᚩᚾ-ᚹᚩᛚᚳᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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