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eh

  • noun [ neuter ]
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eh, es; n.
a war-horse, charger; equus bellātor
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  • Ða ða hors óþbær, eh and eorlas

    which bore away the horses, the chargers, and chiefs,

    • Exon. 106a
    • ;
    • Th. 404,
    • 21;
    • Rä. 23,
    • 11.
the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE=e, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is eh a war-horse, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter e, but for eh a war-horse, charger, as, — RUNE [eh] byþ for eorlum the war-horse is for chiefs,
  • Hick. Thes. i. 135,
  • 37;
  • Runic pm. 19
  • ;
  • Kmbl. 343,
  • 3.
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