Nasu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Nasu

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: nosu. nasu

Definitions

1 nasu

f. The nose :-- Nasu naris; eall seó nasu columpna; forewerd nasu pirula, Wrt. Voc. i. 282, 63-65. Gif nasu þyrel weorþ, L. Ethb. 45 ; Th. i. 14, 10 : 48 ; Th. i. 14, 13. Gif man óðerne mid fyste in naso slæhþ, 57; Th. i. 16, 17. [Icel. nös : O. H. Ger. nasa.]

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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