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Old English Dictionary Entry

Bytme

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1 bytme

f. I. the keel of a ship :-- Bythne carina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 5. Bytne, 13, 36. Bytme, i. 63, 39. Hí sǽton ufan on þǽm wætre swá swá scipes byðme (bytme déð, ), þonne hit fleóted on streáme, Mart. H. 118, 20. Hé sæt ofer þǽre bytman þæs scipes, Gr. D. 347, 23. II. the head of a dale. Cf. Icel. botn :-- On byttman díc, C. D. i
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛒᚣᛏᛗᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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