Hwast

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwast

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hwast

or [?] hwasta, an; m. An effeminate person [?], a eunuch :-- Hwastas molles, Som. Huastana eunuchorum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 18, 9. hwast

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᚪᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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