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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ende-dæg

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1 ende-dæg

gen. -dæges; pl. nom. acc. -dagas; gen. -daga; dat. -dagum; m. The last day, the day of one's death; dies suprémus, dies mortis :-- Ðá wæs endedæg ðæs ðe Caldéas cyningdóm áhton then was the last day that the Chaldeans held the kingdom, Cd. 209; Th. 258, 22; Dan. 679. Ic sceal endedæg mínne gebídan I shall await my last day. Beo. Th. 1279; B. 637. Án endedæg one ending day, Apstls. Kmbl. 157: Ap. 79. ende-dæg
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛖᚾᛞᛖ-ᛞᚫᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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