Lopystre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Lopystre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 lopystre

f. A lobster, a locust :-- Loppestre polypus, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 77; Wrt. Voc. 56, 2: 77, 69. Lopust locusta, ii. 113, 11. Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Crabban and lopystran quid capis in mari? Cancros et polypodes, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 13. Lopestro (loppestra, Rush.) lucustas, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 6. lopystre

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚩᛈᚣᛋᛏᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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