Old English Dictionary Entry

Hors-bǽr

Part of speech: e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 hors-bǽr

f. A horse-bier; feretrum caballarium, Bd. 4, 6; S. 574, 5. [Laym. R. Glouc. horse-bere : Prompt. Parv. hors-bere lectica, p. 247, see the note.] hors-bær

Similar Words

-hád
-háda
-hafen-ness
-hafness
-hafol

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᛋ-ᛒǽᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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