Wíd-brád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wíd-brád

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 wíd-brád

adj. Wide-spread, far-spreading, ample :-- Hé þeóda gehwam hefonríce forgeaf, wídbrádne welan (cf. hwó man himihíki gehalón skoldi, wídbrédan welon, Hél. 1841), Cd. Th. 40, 22; Gen. 643. [Cf. O. H. Ger. wít-preiten spargere.] wid-brad

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᛞ-ᛒᚱᚪᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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