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Old English Dictionary Entry

Beald-wyrde

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1 beald-wyrde

adj. Bold in speech, saucy:--Se biscop him andwyrde: 'Ðú earming, . . .' Se cwellere mid gebolgenum móde cwaeð: 'Gif ðes bealdwyrda biscop (this saticy priest) ácweald ne bið, siððan ne bið úre ege ondrǽdendlic,' Hml. Th. i. 420, 2. beald-wyrde
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛠᛚᛞ-ᚹᚣᚱᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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