Hord-geat

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hord-geat

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -gat, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hord-geat

n. A door through which a treasure is reached :-- Hwylc ðæs hordgates cǽgan cræfte ða clamme onleác which, by the key's art, unlocked the fastenings of the door to the treasure, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 28; Rä. 43, 11. hord-geat

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᛞ-ᚷᛠᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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