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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cantic

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m. A canticle, song; canticum :-- Hafaþ se cantic ofer ealle Cristes béc wídmǽrost word the canticle hath the greatest repute over all Christ's books, Salm. Kmbl. 99; Sal. 49. Ðæt ic sí gebrydded þurh ðæs cantices cwide that I may be touched through the word of the canticle, 33; Sal. 17. Moises wrát ðone cantic and lǽrde Israéla folc scripsit Moyses canticum et docuit filios Israel, Deut. 31, 22: 31, 19: Salm. Kmbl. 47; Sal. 24: Ps. Th. 143, 10. cantic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚪᚾᛏᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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