Wír-healh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wír-healh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: l.

Definitions

1 Wír-healh

gen. -heales; pl. -healas; m. Wirral, the peninsula between the Dee and the Mersey:--Fór se here of Wírheale (-healan, ) in on Norð-Wealas, Chr. 895; Th. i. 170, 171. Hié fóron ðæt hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre on Wírhealum; seó is Légaceaster geháten, 894; Th. i. 170, 171. wir-healh

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚱ-ᚻᛠᛚᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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