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Old English Dictionary Entry

Eald-land

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1 eald-land

n. Old-land, land that has remained long untilled: (cf. old-land ground that has lain untilled a long time and is now ploughed up; arable land which has been laid down in grass more than two years. D.D.) :-- Feówer æceras be-westan exan fornágeán Eádferðes ealdlande, C.D. iii. 411, 28. eald-land
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ᛠᛚᛞ-ᛚᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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