Hreód-cynn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hreód-cynn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hreód-cynn

n. A kind of reed:--Þá genámon hié sume spingan and gefyldon mid ecede . . . and dydon on sum hreódcynn, and rǽhton úp tó his múþe, Nap. 39. hreod-cynn

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛖᚩᛞ-ᚳᚣᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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