Seohtre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Seohtre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: sihtre, an ; Related words:

Definitions

1 seohtre

f. A pipe through which a small stream is directed, a drain:-- Andlang seohtran, Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 11. Tó ðare reádan sihtran, 296, 28. In wǽtan sihtran (cf. síce, 382, 7); of ðam wǽtan síce, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 386, 10. Ad locum qui dicitur hylsan seohtra, 373, 12. seohtre

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ᛋᛇᚻᛏᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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