Hord-loca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hord-loca

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: hord] :-- Ðeáh ðe hé feohgestreón under hordlocæn ǽhte

Definitions

1 hord-loca

m. A treasure-chest, coffer, metaph. the mind [though he had wealth in his coffer, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 11; Jul. 43. Heald hordlocan hyge fæste bind keep thy thought's treasury, fast bind thy mind, 122 a; Th. 469, 16; Hy. 11, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 1342; An. 671. hord-loca

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᛞ-ᛚᚩᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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