Mund-heáls

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mund-heáls

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -háls, e; Related words:

Definitions

1 mund-heáls

f. (?) Safety which comes from the protection (mund) afforded by another (?) :-- Ðá se ælmihtiga ácenned wearþ siððan hé Marian mundheáls geceás when Christ was born, after he had chosen a safe retreat in Mary's protecting womb, Exon. 14a ; Th. 28, 14; Cri. 446. mund-heals

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚢᚾᛞ-ᚻᛖᚪᛚᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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