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Old English Dictionary Entry

án-wíg-gearo

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1 án-wíg-gearo

g. m. n. -wes, -owes; f. -re, -rwe; adj. [gearc prepared] Prepared for single combat; ad singulare certamen paratus:--Wæs þeáw hyra, ðæt hie oft wǽron ánwíggearwe it was their custom, that they oft were for single combat prepared, Beo. Th. 2499; B. 1247. adj. an-wig-gearo
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪᚾ-ᚹᛁᚷ-ᚷᛠᚱᚩ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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