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Old English Dictionary Entry

Híra

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Definitions

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1 híra

one who obeys. Take here héra, hýra in Dict. , and add :-- Æþelbyrhtes héra sub potestate positus Aedilbercti, Bd. 2, 3 ; Sch. 123, 5. Mid glædum gefance þá underþeóddan leorneras heora ealdrum hýran sceolan, for ðí þæne glædan hýran God lufað, R. Ben. 20, 24. Mid þám gecorenum Crístes hérum (hyrede, ), Wlfst. 256, 19. hira
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Wlfst.
Wulfstan
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