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Old English Dictionary Entry

CEÁS

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1 CEÁS

f: es; n. A quarrel, strife; lis :-- Gif man mannan wǽpnum bebyreþ ðǽr ceás weorþ if a man supply another with weapons where there is strife, L. Ethb. 18; Th. i. 6, 19. On ceáse in strife, L. Alf. 18; Th. i. 48, 17. Mearh mægen samnode to ceáse the horse collected his strength for the strife, Elen. Kmbl. 111; El. 56. [O. Frs. kase, f. quarrel: O. H. Ger. kósa, f. eloquium, fabula.] DER. un-ceás. ceas
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛖᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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German
L.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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