Oxan-hirde

Old English Dictionary Entry

Oxan-hirde

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 oxan-hirde

m. An oxherd :-- Eálá, oxanhvrde, hwæt wyrcst þú? Micel ic gedeorfe; þænne se yrþlingc unscenþ þá oxan, ic lǽde hig tó lǽse, and ealle niht ic stande ofer hig waciende for þeófan, and eft on ǽrnemergen ic betǽce hig þám yrþlincge wel gefylde and gewæterode, Coll. M. 20, 23-31. Be oxanhyrde. Oxanhyrde mót lǽswian .ii. oxan oððe má mid hláfordes heorde on gemǽnre lǽse . . . and his metecú mót gán mid hláfordes oxau, Ll. Th. i. 438, 12-16. Oxanhyrdas bubulcos (-as, MS.). oxanhyrde bubulcus, Hpt. 33, 238, 4-5: An. Ox. 23, 32. oxan-hirde

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚳᛋᚪᚾ-ᚻᛁᚱᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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