Erce-hád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Erce-hád

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 erce-hád

m. Archhood, an archbishop's pall, his dignity, of which the pall was a sign; pallium :-- Ðæt his æftergengan symle ðone pallium and ðone ercehád æt ðam apostolícan setle Rómániscre gelaðunge feccan sceoldon that his successors should always fetch the pall and the archiepiscopal dignity from the apostolic seat of the Roman church, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 10. erce-had

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚱᚳᛖ-ᚻᚪᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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