Weard-setl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weard-setl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: 48, 11. Andlang herpaðes tó weardsetle, 284, 23. On weardsetl, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 682, 24. Seofon weardsetl wacodon ofer ðone cásere. ... Ðá férde his gast and mid wǽpne ðone Godes feónd ofstang, his weardsetlum on lócigendum, Homl. Th. i. 452, 13-31. Æt ðǽm weardsetlum

Definitions

1 weard-setl

n. A place where guard is kept; those who keep watch, a guard :-- On weardsetl; of weardsetle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ad excubias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 16. Weardsetl excubias, 81, 20: 30, 11: 71, 11. Hí ofereodon ða twá weardsetl tranteuntes primam et secundam custodiam (Acts 12, 10), Homl. Th. ii. 382, 11. weard-setl

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛠᚱᛞ-ᛋᛖᛏᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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