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Old English Dictionary Entry

þearf-leás

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1 þearf-leás

adj. Without having need or reason to do something. he plotted against Christ, but he had no need to do it, Homl. Th. i. 82, 20. Ic ðearfleás (þearfleáse, Job. Thw. 166, 22) hine geswencte without having cause I afflicted him, ii. 452, 16. [Icel. þarf-lauss needless.] þearf-leas
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Runic Inscription

ᚦᛠᚱᚠ-ᛚᛖᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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