Híw-scipe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Híw-scipe

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: híg-, es; Related words: Ex. 12, 3.] DER. sin-híwscipe. hiw-scipe

Definitions

1 híw-scipe

m. A family, household, house :-- Híwscype domus, Ps. Lamb. 113, 17. Wæs sum híwscipes fæder and hína ealdor erat paterfamilias, Bd. 5, 12; S. 627, 9. Ðá onféng heó ǽnes híwscipes stówe accepit locum unius familiæ, 4, 23; S. 593, 18. Ealle híwscipas þeóda universæ familiæ gentium, Ps. Lamb. 21, 28. [O. E. Hom. of elchan hiwscipe, i. 87, 8.

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚹ-ᛋᚳᛁᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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