Ráre-dumla

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ráre-dumla

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -dumle, an; Related words:

Definitions

1 ráre-dumla

m. f. A bittern :-- Ráredumlæ onocrotalum, avis quae sonitum facit in aqua, Shrn. 29, 6. Ráradumbla onocrotalus, Wrt. Voc. i. 62, 21. Ráredumle, 280, 26 : 63, 70 : buban, 126, 61. [M. H. Ger. rór-tumel a bittern : Ger. rohr-dommel : M. Du. roes-domel. O. H. Ger. has horo-túbil, -tumil.] [Cf. for the second part of the word, dumble-dore, the name given in some places to the bee.] rare-dumla

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚪᚱᛖ-ᛞᚢᛗᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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