Secg-róf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Secg-róf

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 secg-róf

a host of men (?) :--Cwóman wóldagas swylt eall fornom secgróf wera death carried off the host of men, Exon. Th. 477, 20 ; Ruin. 27. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ruaba ; f. numerus : Icel. segg-fjöld a host of men ; and rinc-getæl, folc-getæl.] secg-rof

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᚳᚷ-ᚱᚩᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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