Brand-ísen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Brand-ísen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: Du Cange, vol. i. col., 187, Andena. brand-isen

Definitions

1 brand-ísen

n. [brand II. a burning, ísen iron] A BRANDING-IRON, a tripod; andena, tripes :-- Brandísen andena vel tripes, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 77; Wrt. Voc. 27, 7: 82, 54. [Dut. brandijzer, n: O. Dut. brandijser fulcrum focarium, Kil: Ger. brandeisen, n. cauterium.]

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᚪᚾᛞ-ᛁᛋᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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