Leád-gewiht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Leád-gewiht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 leád-gewiht

n. Some scale of weight (cf. (?) lead-pound :-- Sex waxpnnde makiet .j. leed pound, N. E. D. s. v.) :-- Ic onborgede .xxx. mancsa goldes be leádgewihte, Cht. Crw. 9, 118. See note, p. 77. lead-gewiht

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚪᛞ-ᚷᛖᚹᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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