Hlówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlówan

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 hlówan

p. hleów To low, bellow, make a loud noise :-- Oxa hléwþ bos mugit, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 24, 9. Hleówon hornboran the trumpeters sounded, Elen. Kmbl. 107; El. 54. Hlówendra fearras flǽsc the flesh of lowing oxen, Homl. Th. i. 590, 15. [Icel. hlóa to roar (of streams): O. H. Ger. hlóon mugire, rudere.] hlowan

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ᚻᛚᚩᚹᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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