Scír-wita

Old English Dictionary Entry

Scír-wita

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: )

Definitions

1 scír-wita

m. A chief man (wita, q. of a shire :-- Béte ðæt, swá se scírbisceop and eal scírwitan déman. Wulfst. 173, 30. Gebéte ðæt, swá scírewitan geceósan, 172, 4. scir-wita

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚳᛁᚱ-ᚹᛁᛏᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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