Strand

Old English Dictionary Entry

Strand

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es ; Related words: 221, 6. Stranda

Definitions

1 strand

n. A strand, shore :--Strand litus, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 24 : sablo, Hpt. Gl. 502, 77. Se Hǽlend stód on ðam strande . . . Ðæt strand getácnode ða écan staðolfæstnysse ðæs tówerdan lífes, Homl. Th. ii. 288, 30. Wudes ne feldes, sandes ne strandes, Lchdm. iii. 288, 1. Hí sǽton be ðam strande secus littus sedentes, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 48 : Jn. Skt. 21, 4. Ða eode hé be strande, Ap. Th. 7, 19. Gáþ tó ðære sǽ strande, Homl. Th. i. 64, 3. Urk mín húskarl habbe his strand eall forne gén hys ágen land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ilitorum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 28. Strandum litoribus, 465, 9. [O. Du. strande ; n. : M. H. Ger. strant ; m. : Icel. strönd ; f.]

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛏᚱᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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