Here-hand

Old English Dictionary Entry

Here-hand

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: a; Related words:

Definitions

1 here-hand

f. A hostile hand or power :-- Swá ðæt ne cyricum ne mynstrum seó herehand ne sparode ne árode ita ut ne ecclesiis quidem, aut monasteriis manus parceret hostilis, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 8. here-hand

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚱᛖ-ᚻᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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