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Old English Dictionary Entry

Eard-stede

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1 eard-stede

m. A dwelling-place; locus habitātiōnis:--Ða swétestan somnaþ and gædraþ wyrta wynsume and wudubléda to ðam eard-stede it [the Phœnix] collects and gathers pleasant herbs and forest leaves to that dwelling-place, Exon. 58 b; Th. 211, 9; Ph. 195. eard-stede
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛠᚱᛞ-ᛋᛏᛖᛞᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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