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Old English Dictionary Entry

Myscan

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1 myscan

both passages refer to St. Martin) oþþe elles on nacodre eorðan, Bl. H. 227, II. II b. add;-- Nú miht þú wel witan þæt weorc sprecan swíðor þonne þá nacodon word þe nabbað náne fremminge, Ǽlfc. T. Grn. 21, 24. II d. of a narrative, bare, without amplification or comment:-- Seó bóc is swíþe deóp gástlíce tó understandenne, and wé ne wrítaþ ná máre búton þá nacedan gerecednisse; þonne þincþ þám ungelǽredum ꝥ eall ꝥ andgit beó belocen on þáre ánfealdan gerecednisse, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 2, 30.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚣᛋᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Bl.
Blickling Homilies
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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