Old English Dictionary Entry

Hundes fleóge

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1 hundes fleóge

a dog-fly :-- Hundes fleóge cinomia, Ælfc. Gl. 21;Som. 59, 119; Wrt. Voc. 23, 37. Hundes fleógan muscam caninam, Ps. Th. 77, 45: Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 38, 1. [Wick. hound-fleȝe: O. H. Ger. hunt-, huntes-fliuge cynomia, musca canina.] hundes fleoge

Similar Words

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

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚢᚾᛞᛖᛋ ᚠᛚᛖᚩᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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