Leód-rúne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Leód-rúne

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 leód-rúne

f. A witch, wise woman [cf. burh-rúne furia; helle-rúne pythonissa: Grmm. D. M. 375 on the forms of feminine names in -rín, -rúna]: Wið ǽlcre yfelre leódrúnan ... eft óðer dust and drenc wið leódrúnan, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 23, 26. Cockayne translates the word 'heathen charm.' Cf. Laym. 9121 seolcuðe leodronen [tocke, 2nd. MS.]: leoten weorpen & fondien leodrunen [incantations], 15499, 15511: leodrunen [deorne rouning, 2nd MS.], 14553. leod-rune

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚩᛞ-ᚱᚢᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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