Rand-wígend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Rand-wígend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -wíggend (-wiggend ?), es; Related words:

Definitions

1 rand-wígend

m. A warrior with a shield, a warrior :-- Rondwíggende (the men of Holofernes), Judth. Thw. 21, 9; Jud. 11 : 21, 15; Jud. 20. Nú ic gumena gehwæne ðyssa burhleóda biddan wylle randwíggendra (the people of Bethulia), 24, 14; Jud. 188 : (the descendants of Abraham), Cd. Th. 205, 13; Exod. 435. rand-wigend

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚪᚾᛞ-ᚹᛁᚷᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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