Old English Dictionary Entry

Spennels

Part of speech: , es; Related words: spannan. spennels

Definitions

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1 spennels

m. A clasp :-- Fibula .s. dicta quod ligat cnæp, sigl, spennels, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 58. [Cf. O. H. Ger. spenula fibula: Icel. spennill a clasp.]

Similar Words

-saca
-sacend
-sacung
-sagol
-sagun

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛖᚾᚾᛖᛚᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Voc.: Vocabulary
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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