Wer-beám

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wer-beám

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: Corpus Poeticum Boreale, ii. 476. wer-beam

Definitions

1 wer-beám

m. A strong man, warrior :-- Ðá slóh mid hálige hand heofonríces weard werbeámas (the Egyptians in the Red Sea), wlance ðeóde, Cod. Th. 208, 20; Exod. 486. Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry.

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛖᚱ-ᛒᛖᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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