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Old English Dictionary Entry

Bile-witness

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1 bile-witness

f. Mildness, simplicity, innocence; simplicitas :-- Se God wunaþ simle on ðære heán ceastre his ánfealdnesse and bilewitnesse God dwells always in the high city of his unity and simplicity, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 19. Hý on bilwitnesse hyra líf alyfdon they passed their lives in simplicity, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 27, 5. bile-witness
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᛁᛚᛖ-ᚹᛁᛏᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
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