Hláford-swice

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hláford-swice

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: hláford-searu. hlaford-swice

Definitions

1 hláford-swice

m. Treachery to a lord, treason :-- Ealra mǽst hláfordswice se biþ on worulde ðæt man his hláfordes sáwle beswíce and full mycel hláfordswice eác biþ ðæt man his hláford of lífe forrǽde oððe of lande lifigendne drífe the greatest treachery in the world against one's lord is to betray his soul, and very great treachery also is it to deprive him of life, or to drive him from the country alive, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 88.

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᚪᚠᚩᚱᛞ-ᛋᚹᛁᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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