Lindisfaran

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lindisfaran

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 Lindisfaran

pl. Name of people settled in part of Northumbria (the word occurs generally with or eá-land) :-- Óswald Aidanum on Lindesfarona eálonde biscopsetl forgeaf (in insula Lindisfarnensi): on Lindesfearona eá, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 20, 35. Lǽdde mon his líchoman tó Lindisfarena eá, 3, 17; S. 543, 37, col. 2. Mid ðám bróðrum ðære cyricean æt Lindisfarena a fratribus ecclesiæ Lindesfarnensis, pref; S. 472, 29. Is Cynebyrht Lindisfarena biscop provinciæ Lindisfarorum Cyneberct episcopus præest, 5, 24; S. 646, 22. Hér forþferde Higbald Lindisfarna biscop, Chr. 803; Erl. 61, 22. Hé wæs on ðam munuclífe ðe is Lindisfarneá geháten, Homl. Th. ii. 147, 6. lindisfaran

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛁᚾᛞᛁᛋᚠᚪᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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