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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hring-boga

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m. A serpent [from its being bent into coils (hring)], Beo. Th. 5115; B. 2561. [Cf. Icel. hring-laginn coiled up; hringa sik to coil (of a serpent).] hring-boga
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚱᛝ-ᛒᚩᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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