Hwelca, hwylca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwelca, hwylca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: hwelian; cwidele; swelca. hwelca,hwylca

Definitions

1 hwelca, hwylca

m. An inflamed swelling, a pustule :-- Cwydele vel hwylca varix, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 32. [Prompt. Parv. whelke, soore pustula : Wck. whelk pustula: Chauc. whelkes white (on a 'fyr-reed face'), D. D. whelk, whilk sty, pimple.]

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᛖᛚᚳᚪ, ᚻᚹᚣᛚᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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