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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hirde-mann

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1 hirde-mann

m. A herdsman, shepherd :-- Hire hyrdeman sume ác ástáh and his orf lǽswode mid treówenum helme, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 20. Se engel cýdde Crístes ácennednysse hyrdemannum, i. 36, 9. Sacu betwux Abrames hyrdemannum (inter pastores gregum) and Lothes, Gen. 13, 7. [N. E. D. herd-man.] hirde-mann
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚱᛞᛖ-ᛗᚪᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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