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Old English Dictionary Entry

Baroc-scír

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Definitions

Definitions

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1 Baroc-scír

f. The bare oak shire or BERKSHIRE, so called from a polled oak in Windsor forest, where public meetings were held, Brompt. p. 801. It was most commonly written by the Anglo-Saxons-Barruc, Bearruc, and Bearwucscíre, Chr. 860; Th. 130, 3. baroc-scir
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚪᚱᚩᚳ-ᛋᚳᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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