Spinel-healf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Spinel-healf

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: e; Related words: Richthofen, O. Frs. Dict.] Cf. wíf-hand,

Definitions

1 spinel-healf

f. Tie female side or line: -- Mín yldra fæder hæfde gecweden his land on ða sperehealfe, næs on ða spinlheálfe, UNCERTAIN Chart. Th. 491, 21. [Cf. O. Frs. spindel-sída. and see spere-healf. spinel-healf

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛈᛁᚾᛖᛚ-ᚻᛠᛚᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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