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Asse-dun

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1 Asse-dun

adj. [asse asina; or asce ash, cinis; dun dun or grey, fuscus] ASS-DUN or ASH-DUN, of a dun or dark colour; dosinus, cinereus :-- Assedun dosinus vel cinereus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Wrt. Voc. 46, 39. ' Glossæ Isidori : Dosius vel dosinus, equus asinini pili,' Du Cange. asse-dun
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚪᛋᛋᛖ-ᛞᚢᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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