Old English Dictionary Entry

égor-streám

Part of speech: eágor-streám, es;

Definitions

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1 égor-streám

m. A water-stream, water, the sea; unda, flŭvius, măre :-- Ðiós eorþe mæg and égorstreám cræfta náne adwæscan ðæt ðæt him on innan sticaþ this earth and sea can by no means extinguish that which in them remains. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 236; Met. 20, 118. Égorstreámas swógan the water-streams sounded, Cd. 69 ; Th. 83, 4; Gen. 1374. egor-stream

Similar Words

-éþrian, éþring
é ðm
é-gylt
é-swíc
é-swíca

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚷᚩᚱ-ᛋᛏᚱᛖᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Cd.: Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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