Hunig-teár

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hunig-teár

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hunig-teár

m. Distillation from the comb, without squeezing, virgin honey; mel purissimum, e favo sponte quod effluxit, mell stillativum,' Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1 :-- Hunigteár nectar, Hpt. Gl. 468. Hunigteáres nectaris, Mone Gl. p. 384. Sý gemenged tógædre hunigteár and wín let virgin honey and wine be mixed together, Lchdm. iii. 292, 16. Besmyra mid hunigteáre, 11. [Cf. O. E. Hom. swete al swá án hunitíar felle upe ȝíure híerte, i. 217, 27.] hunig-tear

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚢᚾᛁᚷ-ᛏᛖᚪᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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