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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cent-land

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1 Cent-land

n. Kentish land, Kent; Cantium :-- Eást-Seaxe syndon Temese streáme tosccádene fram Centlande the East-Saxons are divided from Kent by the river Thames, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 17: 3, 15; S. 541, note 24. Æðelréd oferhergode Centland [Centlond, col. 1] Æthelred ravaged Kent, Chr. 676; Th. 60, 8, col. 2, 3. Ða Brettas forléton Centlond the Britons forsook Kent, 457; Erl. 12, 19. cent-land
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛖᚾᛏ-ᛚᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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