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Old English Dictionary Entry

Carles wǽn

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1 carles wǽn

the churl's wain, the constellation of the Great Bear; Ursa Major :-- Carles wǽn ne gǽþ nǽfre adúne under ðyssere eorþan, swá swá óðre tunglan dóþ the churl's wain never goes down under this earth, as other constellations do, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 16, 5; Lchdm. iii. 27o, 11, 12.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚪᚱᛚᛖᛋ ᚹǽᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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