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Old English Dictionary Entry

Steór-mann

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1 steór-mann

m. A steersman, pilot, captain:?-Steórman gubernio, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 18: gubernator vel nauclerus, 73, 79. Hera ðone steórman ac ná ǽrðan ðe hé becume gesundful tó ðære hýðe, Homl. Th. ii. 560, 22. [Stereman proreta, Wrt. Voc. i. 274, col. 2. He nom alle þa scipen and þa steormen alle, Laym. 28436. Du. stuur-man: Icel. stýri-maðr a skipper, captain: Dan. styr-mand a mate: Swed. styr-man.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᛖᚩᚱ-ᛗᚪᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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