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Old English Dictionary Entry

Deáþ-beám

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Definitions

Definitions

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1 deáþ-beám

m. A death-tree, tree of death; mortis arbor, mortifĕra :-- Deáþbeámes ofet fruit of the tree of death, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 13; Gen. 638. deaþ-beam
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛖᚪᚦ-ᛒᛖᚪᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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