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Old English Dictionary Entry

Cyne-word

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n. [word a speech] A proper speech or word; proprium verbum :-- Mon cýðe cynewordum, hú se cuma hátte let a man make known in fitting words, how the guest is called, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430, 29; Rä. 44, 16. cyne-word
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚣᚾᛖ-ᚹᚩᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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