Hringed-stefna

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hringed-stefna

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 hringed-stefna

m. A ship having its stern adorned with spiral or ring-shaped ornaments [?], or furnished with a ring or hook; or having a curved stern, Beo. Th. 64; B. 32: 3799; B. 1898: 2266; B. 1132. [Cf. wunden-stefna; hring-naca; and Icel. hring-horni the mythol. ship of the Edda.] hringed-stefna

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛝᛖᛞ-ᛋᛏᛖᚠᚾᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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