Burg-wigende

Old English Dictionary Entry

Burg-wigende

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 burg-wigende

part. pl. City-warring; used substantively, city-warriors; ex arce belligerentes, cives belligeri :-- Swylce Húna cyning meahte abannan to beadwe burgwígendra whomsoever of city-warriors the king of the Huns might summon to the fight, Elen. Kmbl. 68; El. 34. burg-wigende

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚢᚱᚷ-ᚹᛁᚷᛖᚾᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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