ó-heald

Old English Dictionary Entry

ó-heald

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -hilde; Related words:

Definitions

1 ó-heald

adj. Sloping, inclined: -- Óhældi (ðhaelði, Ep. Gl. 21 d, 16) pendulus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 19. Óhylde, 68, 10. Clifig l óhyld (not tóhyld) clivosus, i. 19, 4. Óheal[d?] clivosa, tortuosa. Germ. 392, 53. Hóhyldo prona, 400, 118. [O. H. Ger. uo-hald, -haldi proclivus. For the prefix ó-, cf. on-, á-hildan.] o-heald

Runic Inscription

ᚩ-ᚻᛠᛚᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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