Old English Dictionary Entry

Palent

Part of speech: es ; Related words: Kluge Dict. s. v. pfalz.] palent

Definitions

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1 palent

m. : palente, palendse, an ; f. A palace :-- On ðam mǽran palente ðǽr ðǽr se cyning was oftost wunigende, Anglia ix. 28, 31. Ðæt seó cwén ne cume nǽfre heononforþ intó ðínum pallente, 29, 64. On stréte oððe on palentan, Lchdm. iii. 206, 6. Æt ðæs cáseres palendsan (palentsan, Bos.), Ors. 6, 21 ; Swt. 272, 23. Hé bræc ðæne palant (ða palentan, MS. D.), Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 21. [O. Frs. palense : O. Sax. palencea : O. H. Ger. pfalanza, pfalinza basilica, praetorium, aula, palatium. From a Mid. Lat. form palantium.

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Runic Inscription

ᛈᚪᛚᛖᚾᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Lat.: Latin
O. H. Ger.: Old High German
O. Sax.: Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.: Earle, J. (editor)
Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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