Helm-berend

Old English Dictionary Entry

Helm-berend

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 helm-berend

m. One who wears a helmet :-- Ne róhte hé helm-berendra he recked not of helmeted warriors, Exon. 120 a; Th. 461, 18; Hö. 37. Gegrétte hwate helmberend he greeted the bold warriors, Beo. Th. 5027; B. 2517: 5277; B. 2642. [O. Sax. helm-berand: and cf. the epithet Hjálm-beri helmbearer, given to Odin.] helm-berend

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ᚻᛖᛚᛗ-ᛒᛖᚱᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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