Hlem

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlem

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: mes; Related words:

Definitions

1 hlem

m. A sound, noise, crash :-- Nán monn ne gehiérde ne æxe hlem ne biétles suég absque mallei sonitu, Past. 36, 5; Swt. 253, 17. [Cf Icel. hlam; n. a dull, heavy sound; hlamman crash, din.] DER. hilde-, inwit-, uht-, wæl-hlem. hlem

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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