Róde-hengen[n]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Róde-hengen[n]

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 róde-hengen[n]

f. A cross, crucifixion :-- Hwæt hæfþ ðes man gefremod, ðæt hé ródehengene wyrðe sý, Homl. Th. i. 596, 2. Hét hine áhón on ródehengene, 594, 29. Ðá ðá hé on ródehengene mancynn álýsde, 58, 20. On ródehengene genæglod, 82, 25. Hé (the penitent thief) geandette his synna on ðære ródehengene, ii. 78, 22. Úre Hǽlend ródehengene underbeáh, 600, 6. rode-hengenn

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚩᛞᛖ-ᚻᛖᛝᛖᚾ[ᚾ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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