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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwíl-stycce

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1 hwíl-stycce

n. A fragment or short portion of time :-- Ǽghwæ ðæs ðe hie on ǽnegum hiora hwílsticcum geearnian mǽgen all that they can earn in any of their fragments of time, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 12. hwil-stycce
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᛁᛚ-ᛋᛏᚣᚳᚳᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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