Hilfe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hilfe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: l.

Definitions

1 hilfe

n. Take here helfe; m. n. (?) ( l.n.) in Dict. , and add :-- Ðá þá se Gota mid eallum his mægene heów . . . , þá fǽringa rǽsde forð ꝥ ísen of þám hylfe (manubrio) . . . Benedictus genam ꝥ hylfe (manubrium) of þæs Gotan handa and scét hit on þone seáð ; and þǽrrihte gehwearf ꝥ ísen of þám grunde and wearð on þám hylfe (in ꝥ hylfe, ), Gr. D. 113, 23-114, 15. Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelæhte and wið-hæfde ꝥ slege. Hml. S. 31, 154. [N. E. D. helve.] hilfe

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᛚᚠᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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