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Aspide

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m. An asp, viper, serpent; aspis, ĭdis; f. = άσπίs, ίδοs f. a sort of serpent remarkable for rolling itself up in a spiral form: a negative, and σπίζω to extend, Scapulæ Lexicon :-- Aspidas aspides, Ps. Th. 139, 3. Anlíc nædran, ða aspide ylde nemnaþ like a serpent, which men call an asp, Ps. Th. 57. 4. Spl. Lamb. in Ps. 57. 4 have nædran instead of aspide. Ðú ofer aspide miht gangan thou mayest go over an asp [super aspidem], Ps. Th. 90, 13; Lamb. has ofer nædran, 90, 13. aspide
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪᛋᛈᛁᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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