Hláford-swica

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hláford-swica

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 hláford-swica

m. A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord :-- Se man ðe ðis gefæst ne þearf hé him ná ondrǽdan hellewítan bútan hé beó hláfordswica the man that keeps this fast need not fear the pains of hell, unless he be a traitor to his lord, Lchdm. iii. 228, 24. Hér sind on earde on mistlíce wísan hláfordswican manige here in the land are in divers manners many traitors, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 88: 110, 176. [Laym. lauerd-, louerd-swike traitor.] hlaford-swica

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᚪᚠᚩᚱᛞ-ᛋᚹᛁᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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