Híw-gedál

Old English Dictionary Entry

Híw-gedál

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 híw-gedál

n. A separation of man and wife, divorce: :-- Hé sylle hyre hyra híwgedáles bóc det illi libellum repudii, Mt. Bos. 5, 31; 19, 7; Mk. Skt. 10, 4. [Cf. Icel. hjóna-skilnaðr a divorce.] hiw-gedal

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚹ-ᚷᛖᛞᚪᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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