Heoru

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heoru

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: heoro, hioro; Related words:

Definitions

1 heoru

m. A sword, Beo. Th. 2574; B. 1285: Exon. 92 a; Th. 346; 10; Gn. Ex. 202. The word is a poetical one both in English and Icelandic, and in these dialects, as in Old Saxon, is mostly used in compounds, [Goth. hairus: O. Sax. heru (in compounds only): Icel. hjörr.] heoru

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛇᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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