Penwiht-steort

Old English Dictionary Entry

Penwiht-steort

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: Earle's note.] penwiht-steort

Definitions

1 Penwiht-steort

m. The Land's End in Cornwall :-- Se here ... wendon eft ábútan Penwiht-steort (Penwið-, MS. C. : Penwæd-, MS. D.) on ða súþhealfe, and wendon in tó Tamermúþan, Chr. 997; Erl. 135, l0. [The Welsh form is Pengwayd,

Runic Inscription

ᛈᛖᚾᚹᛁᚻᛏ-ᛋᛏᛇᚱᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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