Hróst

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hróst

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: Grff. ii. 552, róst;

Definitions

1 hróst

m. A wooden framework [of a roof], a ROOST :-- Hróst petaurum; henna hróst gallinarium, Lye. [Scot. roost the inner roof of a cottage, composed of spars reaching from the one wall to the other: cf. O. Sax. he (Christ) ina kuman gisah thurh thes huses hrost (of the man who was let down through the roof): O. Du. roest craticula, gallinarium; Ger. rost 'craticula focaria, clathrum, fundamentum ædificii in cratis modum positum, clathrum galeæ,' Grem: m. craticula, arula, sartago, catasta.] hrost

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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