Wál

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wál

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 wál

some part of a helmet [cf. M. H. Ger. wæl, wæle contrivance for fastening the crest of a helmet] :-- Ymb ðæs helmes hróf heáfodbeorge wírum bewunden wál an útan (walan utan, MS.) heóld about the helm's top a 'wál' wire-girt guarded on the outside the head's defence (i.e. the helmet), Beo. Th. 2067; B. 1031. wal

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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