Hyrn-stán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hyrn-stán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hyrn-stán

m. A. corner-stone :-- Hé is se hyrnstán ðe gefégþ ða twegen weallas tógædere he is the corner-stone that joins together the twowalls, Homl. Th. i. 106, 12, 23. [Orm. he wass himm sellf þatt hirnestan þatt band ta tweȝȝenn waȝhess.] hyrn-stan

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚣᚱᚾ-ᛋᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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