Hweall, hwall

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hweall, hwall

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 hweall, hwall

adj. Wanton :-- Huuæl procax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 70. Hwal ymbclypte (quem nefandis ulnarum gremiis) procax obuncabat, 81, 11. Hwalle procaci (voce; the laughter of Ham), 96, 55. [O. H. Ger. hwell procax; hwellí procacia.] hwall,hweall

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᛠᛚᛚ, ᚻᚹᚪᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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