Ge-sweoru

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-sweoru

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -swiru, -swyru; Related words:

Definitions

1 ge-sweoru

pl. n. Hills; colles :-- Wurdan gesweoru swá on seledreáme swá on sceápum beóþ sceóne lambru colles vĕlut agni ŏvium, Ps. Th. 113, 6. Mid wynngráfe weaxaþ geswiru [MS. gespiru] exultātiōne colles accingentur, 64, 13. Muntas and geswyru montes et omnes colles, 148, 9: 71, 3: 113, 4. ge-sweoru

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚹᛇᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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