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Old English Dictionary Entry

Drig-nes

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1 drig-nes

f. DRYNESS; siccĭtas :-- Ðære drignesse ne sceal he huniges onbítan ac eald wín for the dryness he must not taste of honey but old wine, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 19. Æteówige drignis let dryness appear; appāreat ārĭda, Gen. 1, 9. God gecígde ða drignysse eorþan vŏcāvit Deus ārĭdam terram, 1, 10. On drignysse in inăquōso, Ps, Spl. 77, 20. Drygnessa his hands gescópan siccam mănus ejus formāvērunt, Ps. Lamb. 94, 5. drig-nes
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚱᛁᚷ-ᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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