Hlīwe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlīwe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an ; Related words: hleów. hliwe

Definitions

1 hlīwe

f. A shelter (?) :-- Tō dǣre strǣt; on dā streátan hlȳwan; of dǣre hlȳwan, C. D. iii. 229, 28. Tō poshlīwan; donne of poshlīwan, 82, 2.

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᛁᚹᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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