Old English Dictionary Entry

Sele-þegn

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 sele-þegn

m. A hall-thane, chamberlain:-- Him (Beowulf) seleþegn síðes wérgum forþ wísade, se ealle beweotede þegnes þearfe (the chamberlain who saw after everything Beowulf needed], Beo. Th. 3592 ; B. 1794. sele-þegn

Similar Words

-saca
-sacend
-sacung
-sagol
-sagun

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛖᛚᛖ-ᚦᛖᚷᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Beo.: Beowulf
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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