Sweor-ród

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sweor-ród

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 sweor-ród

f. A cross suspended from the neck:?-Hé becwæð Wulfstáne ærcebiscope áne sweorróde (the Latin version has philacterium; cf. the use of this word for chains and medals worn by gladiators roundtheir necks as tokens of victory), Chart. Th. 551, 5. Óðrum litlum silfrenum swurródum, 429, 15. sweor-rod

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛇᚱ-ᚱᚩᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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