Hwistlere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwistlere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hwistlere

m. A piper, player on a flute :-- Pípere oððe hwistlere tibicen, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 9, 25. Ðá hé geseah hwistleras cum vidisset tibicines, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 23. hwistlere

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᛁᛋᛏᛚᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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