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Old English Dictionary Entry

Dora

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m. A humble-bee, dumble-DORE; bombus terrestris, attăcus = άττăκos :-- Dora atticus [ = attăcus] vel burdo [ = Fr. bourdon], Ælfc. Gl. 22; Scm. 59, 112; Wrt. Voc. 23, 68. Doran hunig dumbledore's honey, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 28, 20. Celeþenian seáw gemeng wið dorena hunig mingle juice of celandine with dumbledores' honey, 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 26, 7. Ða ahsan gemenge wið dorena hunig mix the ashes with dumbledores' honey, Lchdm. ii. 28, 26. dora
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚩᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

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Latin

Works & Authors

Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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