Hú-ilpa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hú-ilpa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 hú-ilpa

m. The name of a bird so called from its note [cf. Ger. uhu owl] ? -- Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóþor and huilpan swég, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 9; Seef. 21. hu-ilpa

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚢ-ᛁᛚᛈᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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