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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ellen-dǽd

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1 ellen-dǽd

f. [ellen valour, dǽd a deed] A deed of valour, bold or valiant deed; virtūtis factum :-- Sceolde hine yldo beniman ellendǽda age should deprive him of bold deeds, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 13; Gen. 484: Judth. 12; Thw. 35, 22; Jud. 273. He secgan hýrde ellendǽdum he heard tell of valiant deeds, Beo. Th. 1756; B. 876: 1804; B. 900. ellen-dæd
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛚᛚᛖᚾ-ᛞǽᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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