Weorold-geriht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Weorold-geriht

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 weorold-geriht

n. A secular or civil right:-- Woruldgerihta ic wille ðæt standan on ǽlcum leódscipe swá góde swá hý mon on betste áredian mæge . . . And ic wille ðæt woruldgerihta mid Denum standan be swá gódum lagum swá hý betst geceósan mægen, L. Edg. S. 2; Th. i. 272, 23-31. weorold-geriht

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛇᚱᚩᛚᛞ-ᚷᛖᚱᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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