Hlid-geat

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlid-geat

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 hlid-geat

n. A swing-gate, folding-door :-- On ðonæ stocc ðæ ðæt hlidgeat on hangodæ to the post that the swing-gate hung on, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 176, 13. Of ðam hlidgeate, 236, 35. Hlidgata valva, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 36; Wrt. Voc. 26, 35 hlid-geat

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᛁᛞ-ᚷᛠᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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