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Old English Dictionary Entry

Brand-stefn

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1 brand-stefn

Substitute: Having a prow with a beak? Cf. Icel. brandr a ship's beak; or [brand- = brant- ?] high-prowed. Cf. heáh-stefn, An. 266 :-- Ne mæg wind áwecgan ne wæterflódas brecan brond-stæfne, An. 507. brand-stefn
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚱᚪᚾᛞ-ᛋᛏᛖᚠᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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