Hold-scipe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hold-scipe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hold-scipe

m. Loyalty, fealty, allegiance :-- Eallra ðæra manna land hí fordydon ðe wǽron innan ðæs cynges holdscipe they destroyed the lands of all those men that were in allegiance to the king, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 15. Sægdon ðæt hí hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe said that they did it on account of the loyalty of the monastery, 1070; Erl. 209, 15. hold-scipe

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᛚᛞ-ᛋᚳᛁᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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