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Old English Dictionary Entry

ǽwe

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1 ǽwe

the man who forsakes his lawful wife [suam legitimam uxorem], and takes another woman [aliam mulierem], he is an adulterer, L. Ecg. P. ii. 8; Th. ii. 184, 21. Gif hwylc man wið óðres riht ǽwe hǽmþ, oððe wíf wið óðres gemæccan, fatte vii geár if any man commit adultery with the lawful wife [cum legitima uxore] of another, or a woman [mulier] with the husband of another, let the fast be seven years, ii. 10; Th. ii. 186, 6. vide ǽ. æwe
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ǽᚹᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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