Wolcen-faru

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wolcen-faru

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 wolcen-faru

f. The cloud-host, the moving clouds :-- Dec forstas and snáwas, winterbiter weder and wolcenfaru (cf. wolcna genipu. Exon. Th. 192, 13 ; Az. 105) lofige on lyfte. Cd. Th. 239, 33; Dan. 379. Ic (a storm) wolcnfare wrége, Exon. Th. 386, 33; Rä. 4, 71. wolcen-faru

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚩᛚᚳᛖᚾ-ᚠᚪᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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