Browse by Letter
Choose language
Old English Dictionary Entry

Róde-hengen[n]

Back to Letter R
Definitions

Definitions

1 definitions

1 róde-hengen[n]

f. A cross, crucifixion :-- Hwæt hæfþ ðes man gefremod, ðæt hé ródehengene wyrðe sý, Homl. Th. i. 596, 2. Hét hine áhón on ródehengene, 594, 29. Ðá ðá hé on ródehengene mancynn álýsde, 58, 20. On ródehengene genæglod, 82, 25. Hé (the penitent thief) geandette his synna on ðære ródehengene, ii. 78, 22. Úre Hǽlend ródehengene underbeáh, 600, 6. rode-hengenn
Similar Words

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚩᛞᛖ-ᚻᛖᛝᛖᚾ[ᚾ]

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
View All Sources