Wealh-hafoc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wealh-hafoc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 wealh-hafoc

m. A foreign hawk, a gerfalcon; herodius (erodiusgerfawcune, Wrt. Voc. i. 188, col. 2: jarfawkon, 220, col. 2):--Walh-habuc falc(o), Txts. 61, 826. Walchhabuc, uualhhaebuc, uualh[h]ebuc, ualchefuc herodius, 67, 1016. Góshafuc accipiter, wealhhafuc herodius, spearhafuc alietum, Wrt. Voc. i. 280, 18-20: ii. 42, 67. Wealhhafoces hús herodii domus, Ps. Spl. 103, 19. Ða fugelas nocticoraces hátton wǽron in wealhhafoces gelícnesse (vulturibus similes), Nar. 16, 13. Wealhhafeca falconum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 68: 37, 23. [O. H. Ger. waluc-hapuh herodius.] wealh-hafoc

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛠᛚᚻ-ᚻᚪᚠᚩᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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