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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hád-swápe

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1 hád-swápe

f. A bridesmaid; pronuba, paranymphus = παράνυμφos, Ælfc. Gl. 87; Som. 74, 56, 58; Wrt. Voc. 50, 38, 40 : 288, 80. [Ettmüller compares hád in this word with Gothic, héþjo a chamber.] had-swape
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᛞ-ᛋᚹᚪᛈᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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