Bleó-bord

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bleó-bord

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 bleó-bord

n. [bleoh, bleó colour, bord a table] A coloured table on which games of chess are played; tabula colorata in qua prœlia latronum luduntur (Ettm. p. 311) :-- Dryhten dǽleþ sumum gúþe blǽd, sumum tæfle cræft, bleóbordes gebregd the Lord allots to one success in war, to another skill at the table, cunning at the coloured board, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 20; Vy. 71. bleo-bord

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛚᛖᚩ-ᛒᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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