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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cum-líþness

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1 cum-líþness

Add: I. hospitality:--Ꝥ hé lufige cumlíðnysse, and nánum cuman ne forbeóde ꝥ hé ne móte on his húse gerestan, for ðan ðe manega Gode gelícodon þurh ꝥ ꝥ hí cuman onféngon, Hml. A. 147, 83: Ll. Th. ii. 422, 13. II. a living as a guest, sojourn:--Mon meahte his líf tócnáwan on þan fyrste þe hé on cuman híwe on mynstre wunade. Gif hine mon leahtorfulne ongit on þone tíman his cumlíðnesse tempore hospitalitatis potuit ejus vita dignosci. Si vitiosus inventus fuerit tempore hospitalitatis, R. Ben. 109, 17. On þǽre cumlíðnesse, 21. cum-liþness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚢᛗ-ᛚᛁᚦᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Ll.
Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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