Heofonisc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heofonisc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 heofonisc

adj. Heavenly :-- Hú ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6. [Cf. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. himilisk: O. Frs. himelesk: Icel. hifneskr, himneskr.] heofonisc

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛇᚠᚩᚾᛁᛋᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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