Pere(u)

Old English Dictionary Entry

Pere(u)

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an ; Related words:

Definitions

1 pere(u)

f. A pear :-- Seó peru hoc pirum, Ælfc. Gr. 6 ; Som. 5, 59. Pere, Wrt. Voc. i. 285, 59. Healfreáde peran crustumie vel volemis vel insana vel melimendrum, 39, 25. (Cf. hec volemus ae UNCERTAIN permayn-tre, 191, col. 2 : hoc volemum ae UNCERTAIN permayne, 192, col. 2.) Peran, Lchdm. ii. 176, 18. [Icel. pera : O. H. Ger. bira.] pereu

Runic Inscription

ᛈᛖᚱᛖ(ᚢ)

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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