Heoru-dreórig

Old English Dictionary Entry

Heoru-dreórig

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 heoru-dreórig

adj. I. bloody with sword-wounds, gory, Beo. Th. 1875; B. 935: 3564; B. 1780: 5434; B. 2720: Andr. Kmbl. 1991; An. 998: 207; An. 1085: Elen. Kmbl. 2427; El. 1215. [O. Sax. heru-drórag.] II. very sad, sad unto death, Exon. 59 a; Th. 212, 28; Ph. 217. heoru-dreorig

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛇᚱᚢ-ᛞᚱᛖᚩᚱᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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