Sáwel-hord

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sáwel-hord

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 sáwel-hord

the treasure of life, life guarded as a treasure in the body, the body full of life:--Óþ ðæt sáwlhord, báncofa blódig, ábrocen weorþeþ, Exon. Th. 329, 15; Vy. 34. Óþ sáwlhord to the very soul, Ps. Th. 77, 49. sawel-hord

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚪᚹᛖᛚ-ᚻᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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