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Old English Dictionary Entry

-wíte-weorþ, -wirþe

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1 -wíte-weorþ, -wirþe

adj. Punishable, liable to punishment :-- Nú ꝥ unnytte word bið wítewyrðe (wítes wyrðe, þe bútan níðe byð, Gr. D. 208, 8. -wite-weorþ
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

-ᚹᛁᛏᛖ-ᚹᛇᚱᚦ, -ᚹᛁᚱᚦᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ælfric's Grammar
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