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Old English Dictionary Entry

Frécnen-spræc

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1 frécnen-spræc

f. An audacious or hostile speech; audax vel hostīlis sermo :-- Gyf Frysna hwylc frécnenspræce ðæs morðorhetes myndgiend wǽre if any of the Frisians, by audacious speech, should call to mind [lit. should be a rememberer of] this deadly feud, Beo. Th. 2213, note; B. 1104. frecnen-spræc
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᛖᚳᚾᛖᚾ-ᛋᛈᚱᚫᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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