Swiftlere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Swiftlere

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 swiftlere

m. A slipper, shoe:--Swiftlere suptularis (suptalaris), swiftlæras suptalares, Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 314, 15. Swyftleras subtalares, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 31. Swifteleares, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. suftelara talaria, which Graff derives from Latin subtalaris. The English and German words seem to have the same origin.] swiftlere

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛁᚠᛏᛚᛖᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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