Ecg-hete

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ecg-hete

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 ecg-hete

m. Sword-hate, hostile hate; ŏdium glădiis manifestātum, bellum :-- Ne gesacu óhwǽr ecghete eóweþ nor strife shews anywhere hostile hate, Beo. Th. 3480; B. 1738. ecg-hete

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚳᚷ-ᚻᛖᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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