Brýd-lác

Old English Dictionary Entry

Brýd-lác

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 brýd-lác

n. A marriage gift or feast, the celebration of a marriage; nuptiale offertorium, nuptiarum celebritates :-- Ne nán preóst mót beón æt ðam brýdlácum áhwǽr ðǽr man eft wífaþ, oððe wíf eft ceorlaþ nor may any priest be at the celebration of a marriage anywhere where a man marries a second wife, or a woman marries again, L. Ælfc. C. 9; Th. ii.346. 18. bryd-lac

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᚣᛞ-ᛚᚪᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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