Neó-bedd

Old English Dictionary Entry

Neó-bedd

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: ), Exon. Th. 235, 7 ; Ph. 553. God wearp hine niðer on ðæt neóbedd (

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1 neó-bedd

n. A bed for a corpse :-- Ic in mínum neste neóbed ceóse 'I shall die in my nest' (A. that couch of corpses, Hell ; cf. Milton 'that fiery couch'; and Icel. ná-strönd the place where the dead came, who had not fallen in battle), Cd. Th. 22, 19 ; Gen. 343. neo-bedd

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛖᚩ-ᛒᛖᛞᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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