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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cistian

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1 cistian

to put in a coffin. I a:--Forðferede þearfan mild-heortlíce cestian (cystian, ) and syððan bebyrian, Wlfst. 119, 10. Cystian, 209, 7. [N. E. D. chest, vb. 1, and chest, sb. 3.] cistian
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛁᛋᛏᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Wlfst.
Wulfstan
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