Wull-hnoppa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Wull-hnoppa

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words:

Definitions

1 wull-hnoppa

m. Wool-nap, the wool on a fleece :-- Wullhnoppa (printed -knoppa; but cf. hnoppian vellere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 56: noppe detuberare, a noppe of clothe tuberus, Cath. Angl. 256) lanugo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 66. wull-hnoppa

Runic Inscription

ᚹᚢᛚᛚ-ᚻᚾᚩᛈᛈᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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