Earendel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Earendel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: earendil, es; Related words:

Definitions

1 earendel

m? A shining light, ray; jŭbar:--Leóma, earendil jŭbar, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 158, 25. Eálá earendel! engla beorhtast! ofer middangeard monnum sended O ray! brightest of angels! sent to men over mid-earth, Exon. 9 b; Th. 7, 20; Cri. 104. [O. H. Ger. Orendel, nn. pr.] earendel

Runic Inscription

ᛠᚱᛖᚾᛞᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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