Old English Dictionary Entry

Hú-ilpa

Part of speech: an;

Definitions

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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

Similar Words

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

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚢ-ᛁᛚᛈᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German

Works & Authors

Exon.: Exeter Book
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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