Niht-eald

Old English Dictionary Entry

Niht-eald

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 niht-eald

adj. A day old :-- Gif hit biþ nihteald þiéfþ if it is a theft a day old, i. e. if a day passes between the commission of the crime and the capture of the thief, L. In. 73 ; Th. i. 148, 10. niht-eald

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᚻᛏ-ᛠᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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