Swegel-horn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swegel-horn

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: swegel IV,

Definitions

1 swegel-horn

m. Some kind of musical instrument: -- Sueglhorn sambucus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 56. Swegelhorna sambucorum, simphoniarum (cf. simfonia, lignum concavum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 60) i. cithararum, Hpt. Gl. 445, 19. [Cf. Goth. swigljón to pipe, play the flute; swiglja a piper, flute-player: O.H. Ger. swegala fistula, tibia, barbita, chelys, sistrum, calamus; swegalari tibicen, fidicen; swegil-bein cornus tibia (a wind instrument, Grff. 3, 129).] and next word. swegel-horn

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛖᚷᛖᛚ-ᚻᚩᚱᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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