Heordan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heordan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 heordan

hards of flax; lim fila utiliora. Stuppa, Gl. C. 58 b. Naptarum heordena, Gl. Cleop. 65 c.' Lchdm. iii. 331, col. 1. [Prompt. Parv. hyrdys or herdys of flax, or hempe stuppa, napta. See note, p. 241. Hards, hurds tow, East Norfolk Gloss: Engl. Dial. Soc. vol. ii.] heordan

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛇᚱᛞᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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