Steóp-bearn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Steóp-bearn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 steóp-bearn

n. An orphan :-- Steópbearn pupillus, Ps. Vos. 81, 3. Ðam steápbearne ic geheólp, Homl. Th. ii. 448, 14, 20. Ðæt mann wydewan geneósige and steópbearnum gehelpe, Homl. Skt. i. 9, 63. [He scal biwerian widewan and steopbern, O. E. Homl. i. 115, 20. Icel. stjúp-barn.] steop-bearn

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛖᚩᛈ-ᛒᛠᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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