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Old English Dictionary Entry

þeáw-fæst

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1 þeáw-fæst

adj. I. of good manners, of well-ordered life, moral, virtuous :-- Loth hine fægre heóld, þeáwfæst and geþyldig, on ðam þeódscipe, Cd. Th. 116, 26; Gen. 1942: (Abraham), 161, 8; Gen. 2662. Wunige hé mid þeáwfæstumm mannum maneat cum bene moratis hominibus, L. Ecg. P. i. 10; Th. ii. 176, 23. II. gentle :-- Sumum hé syleþ monna nlilde heortan, þeáwfæstne geþóht, Exon. Th. 299, 28; Crä. 109.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚦᛖᚪᚹ-ᚠᚫᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

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Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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