án-wíg

Old English Dictionary Entry

án-wíg

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 án-wíg

n? m? [án one, wíg a contest] A single combat, a duel; certamen singulare:--Ðǽr gefeaht Mallius ánwíg wið ánne Galliscne mann there Mallius fought a single combat with a man of Gaul, Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 15: 3, 6; Bos. 57, 42. Hí gefuhton ánwíg they fought a duel, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 32. an-wig

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ᚪᚾ-ᚹᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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