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Old English Dictionary Entry

Wealcian

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1 wealcian

p. ode To roll up, muffle up :-- Hefeldþrǽdum liða weal-cedon liciis arliculos obvolverent, Hpt. Gl. 489, 56. [Þe sipes in see walkede, Laym. 12040, 2nd MS. Generally the word=to walk, go :-- Hu me schal liggen, slepen, walkien, A. R. 4, 8. Ðe desert he walkeden ðurg, Gen. and Ex. 3882. Ihesu walkide in to Galilee, Wick. Jn. 7, 1. I haue walked ful wide, Piers P. 5, 537. Icel. valka (wk.) to roll.]
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚹᛠᛚᚳᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Jn.
Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
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