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Cantel

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a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter ( ? in N. E. D.) :-- Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð, and þá syllan man fægere gefegð, and þá beámas gelegð, and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað and mid cantlum underwriðað, Angl. viii. 324, 10. [From Low Lat. cantellus.] cantel
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚪᚾᛏᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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