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ECG

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1 ECG

f. An EDGE, a sharpness, blade, sword; ăcies, acūmen, glādius, ferrum :-- On sweordes ecge on the edge of the sword, Lk. Bos. 21, 24. Hyne ecg fornam the sword had destroyed him, Beo. Th. 5538; B. 2772. Ecg was íren the edge was iron, 5549; B. 2778. Ecg grymetode the blade rang. Cd. 162; Th. 203, 24; Exod. 408. Ecga [MS. ecge] mihton helpan æt hilde swords might help in battle. Beo. Th. 5360; B. 2683: 5649; B. 2828. Mid gryrum ecga with terrors of swords, 971; B. 483. Æscum and ecgum with spears and swords, 3548; B. 1772. Billa ecgum with edges of bills, Cd. 210; Th. 260, 14; Dan. 709. [Wyc. egge: Laym. egge, agge: Orm. egge: Plat. egge, f: O. Sax. eggia, f: Frs. ig: O. Frs. eg, ig, f: Kil. egghe, f: Ger. M. H. Ger. ecke, f: eck, n: O. H. Ger. ekka, f: Dan. eg, m. f: Swed. egg, m: Icel. egg, f: Lat. ăcies, acūmen: Grk. GREEK, GREEK, GREEK: Sansk. asri, f. ăcies, ensis.] DER. brún-ecg, heard-, stíþ-, stýl-, twý-. ecg
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German
Icel.
Icelandic
Lat.
Latin
O. Frs.
Old Frisian
O. H. Ger.
Old High German
O. Sax.
Old Saxon

Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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