Rád-cniht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rád-cniht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 rád-cniht

m. A title equivalent to that of sixhynde man :-- Si autem talis occiditur qualem supra nominavimus rádcniht, et quidam Angli. vocant sixhændeman, Text. Roff. p. 38. In dome hominis, quem Angli vocant rádcniht, alii veto sexhendeman, Schmid. A. S. Gesetz. 93, note 6. rad-cniht

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚪᛞ-ᚳᚾᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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