Swegel-torht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swegel-torht

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 swegel-torht

adj. Heaven-bright :-- Swegeltorht sunne, Met. 29, 24. Beorht gewát sunne swegeltorht tó sete glídan, Andr. Kmbl. 2497; An. 1250. Tunglu swegltorht, Exon. Th 335, 31; Gn. Ex. 41. Wuldorfæstan wíc, síd and swegltorht, Cd. Th. 2, 32; Gen. 28. Swegel-torhtan seld, 6, 27; Gen. 95. Cf. heofon-torht. swegel-torht

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛖᚷᛖᛚ-ᛏᚩᚱᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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