Old English Dictionary Entry

Speliend

Part of speech: speligend, es; Related words: preceding word. speliend

Definitions

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1 speliend

m. A representative, vicar :-- Pronomen is ðæs naman speliend, se spelaþ ðone naman, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 8, 12. Se cyning is Cristes sylfes speligend under him sylfum, Bd. Whelc. 151, 39.

Similar Words

-saca
-sacend
-sacung
-sagol
-sagun

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛖᛚᛁᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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