Sweor-bán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Sweor-bán

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 sweor-bán

n. The neck-bone, the neck:--Mín Drihten, ðú ðín hálige sweorbán geeádméddest, Anglia xii. 505, 22. Óð swirbán usque ad cervices, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 190, 27: Ps. Spl. C. 128, 4. Onheldon eówerra feónda swyrbán, Shrn. 86, 22. [The swyrebane he swappes in sondyre, Morte Arthure (Halliwell).] sweor-ban

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚹᛇᚱ-ᛒᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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