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Old English Dictionary Entry

Horn-boga

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1 horn-boga

m. A bow with the ends curved like a horn or a bow made of horn [?], [cf. Icel. horn-bogi a horn-bow, Cl. and Vig. Dict.] :-- Léton forþ fleógan hildenædran of hornbogan, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 222 : Beo. Th. 4866 : B. 2437. Ðǽr hé hornbogan [horn began?] hearde gebendeþ ibi confregit cornua arcuum, Ps. Th. 75, 3. horn-boga
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᚾ-ᛒᚩᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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