Wír-boga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wír-boga

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 wír-boga

m. Bent wire used in ornamenting an object:--Mec (a horn) þeceþ geong hagostealdmon golde and sylfore, wóum wírbogum, Exon. Th. 395, 5; Rä. 15, 3. wir-boga

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚱ-ᛒᚩᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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