Hrisel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hrisel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: hresl, es; Related words: hrisian,

Definitions

1 hrisel

m. [?] A shuttle; radius :-- Hrisl radiolum, Ælfc. Gl. 110; Som. 79, 54; Wrt. Voc. 59, 25: radium, Wrt. Voc. 281, 75. Hresl [hrefl. Wrt.] radius, 66, 12. Hrisil, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 20; Rä. 36, 7. and cf. scytel. hrisel

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛁᛋᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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