Híréd-cniht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Híréd-cniht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 híréd-cniht

m. A man belonging to a 'híréd,' a domestic: :-- Þurh Paules bodunge gelýfdon ðæs cáseres þegnas and hírédcnihtas through Paul's preaching the members of the emperor's household believed, Homl. Th. i. 374, 34. [Laym. hird-cniht.] hired-cniht

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚱᛖᛞ-ᚳᚾᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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