Twisla

Old English Dictionary Entry

Twisla

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: 198, 34. [Twissel, twistle

Definitions

1 twisla

m. The fork of a river, road, etc.:-- Of ðam mere on ðan lace ðǽr ða brócas twisliaþ; ðanne of ðæm twislan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. that part of a tree where the branches separate, Halliwell's Dict. O.H. Ger. zwisila furca. Cf. Icel. kvísl a fork; fork of a river.] twisla

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚹᛁᛋᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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