Esl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Esl

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: eaxel. esl

Definitions

1 esl

f. A shoulder; hŭmĕrus :-- He on esle ahóf he raised [him] on his shoulder, Cd. 228; Th. 307, 18; Sat. 681.

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛋᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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