Up-hebbe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

f. A coot (so called because it lifts up its tail when moving over the water, Grein) :-- Uphebbean hús fulicae domus, Ps. Th. 103, 17. up-hebbe

ᚢᛈ-ᚻᛖᛒᛒᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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"Fornjóts synir eru á landi komnir"