Tirwa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Tirwa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: tirwe, an; Related words: eorþ-tyrewa; teoru. tirwa

Definitions

1 tirwa

m. f. Tar, resin, gum:--Tyrwa bitumen, tyrwan bituminis, Hpt. Gl. 488, 78, 77. On swæce swylce tyrwe smelling of resin, Lchdm. i. 278, 2. Tirwan resinae, Hpt. Gl. 501, 4. Sumne dǽl tyrwan modicum resinae, Gen. 43, 11. Ðú clǽmst mid tyrwan bitumine linies, 6, 14: Homl. Th. i. 20, 33: Ex. 2, 3. Croppas mid tyrwan gesodene, Lchdm. i. 224, 10. Hig hæfdon tyrwan (bitumen) for weallím, Gen. 11, 3. Teorwena, tyrwena naptarum, Hpt. Gl. 445, 29. Dó ðonne ða tyrwan on put the gums in, Lchdm. iii. 14, 24.

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ᛏᛁᚱᚹᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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