Mere-candel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Mere-candel

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words:

Definitions

1 mere-candel

f. The sea-candle, the sun which rises from, or sets in the sea, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 114; Met. 13, 57. Cf. heáðu-sigel. mere-candel

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᚱᛖ-ᚳᚪᚾᛞᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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