Bord-gelác

Old English Dictionary Entry

Bord-gelác

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: bord II. bord-gelac

Definitions

1 bord-gelác

n. [lácan to play, sport, fly] What flies against a shield, hence,-A missile, dart; telum :-- Ðý-læs ingebúge biter bordgelác under bánlocan lest the bitter dart enter in under the skin, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 9; Cri. 769.

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚩᚱᛞ-ᚷᛖᛚᚪᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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