Hlōse

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlōse

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: D. D. ) :-- Swīna hlōse

Definitions

1 hlōse

f. A pigstye, lewzf, looze (ceni, luti (the gloss seems to refer to the dirt of a pigstye ?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 77. Fald weoxian, scipena behweorfan and hlōsan eác swā, Angl. ix. 261, 19. ¶ hlōs- occurs in a number of local names :-- Oth hlōscumbes heáfud, C. D. B. ii. 392, 32. Ðis synt dā denbǣra . . . hlōsdionu, swānadionu . . . , C. D. ii. 195, 16. On hlōshām sūewerdne, C. D. B. iii. 474, 34. (Cf. hlossanhām, C. D. iii. 377, 18.) Tō hlōshrycge, C. D. iii. 434, 15. Oþ hlōsleáge, Cht. Crw. 7, 48. On hlōsmoc, C. D. iii. 412, 25. On hlōsstedes crundles sūdecge, 465, 15. On hlōswuda middeweardne,

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᚩᛋᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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