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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hleódor-cyme

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1 hleódor-cyme

m. A coming that is attended with sound [of trumpets; cf. hleóðor cwom býman stefne, the coming of an army: :-- Hie iudéa blǽd forbrǽcon billa ecgum and þurh hleóðorcyme herige genámon beorhte frætwe ðá hie tempel strudon they destroyed the glory of the Jews with the edge of the sword, and by their coming took with their host the bright ornaments, when they spoiled the temple, Cd. 210; Th. 260. 15; Dan. 710. [Cf. þrym-cyme a glorious coming.] Thorpe and Bouterwek translate oraculum, prophetia; Grein takes cyme as a separate word, and as an adjective. hleodor-cyme
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᛖᚩᛞᚩᚱ-ᚳᚣᛗᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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