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Antecrist

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1 Antecrist

m. Antichrist; Antichristus:-- Ðonne cymþ se Antecrist, se biþ mennisc mann and sóþ deófol then Antichrist shall come, who is human being [man] and true devil, Homl. Th. i. 4, 14. Ðes deófol, ðe is geháten Antecrist, ðæt is gereht þwyrlíc Crist, is ord ǽlcere leásunge and yfelnysse this devil, who is called Antichrist, which is interpreted opposed Christ, is the origin of all leasing and evil, Homl. Th. i. 4, 21. Togeánes Antecriste against Antichrist, Ælfc. T. 6, 22: Job Thw. 166, 8. antecrist
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Runic Inscription

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ᚪᚾᛏᛖᚳᚱᛁᛋᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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