Regn-boga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Regn-boga

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 regn-boga

m. A rainbow :-- Rénboga iris, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 42 : yris vel arcus, 76, 33. Hwí wæs se rénboga tó wedde gesette mancynne? God gesette ðone rénbogan tó wedde tó ðam beháte ðæt hé nǽfre eft nolde eahte middanearde mid nánum flóde oferteón. Se rénboga cymþ of ðam sunbeáme and of wǽtum wolcne, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 19-26. Ic sette mínne rénbogan (arcum) on wolcnum, Gen. 9, 13. [O. H. Ger. regan-bogo : Icel. regn-bogi.] regn-boga

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛖᚷᚾ-ᛒᚩᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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