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Old English Dictionary Entry

éstfulnes

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f. Fulness of liberality, devotion, zeal; dēvōtio :-- Hí leorniaþ mid fulre éstfulnesse ða sóðan gód to sécanne they learn to seek the true good with full devotion, Past. 58, 1; Hat. MS. His éstfulnesse wiðteáh se esol ðe he onuppan sæt the ass, on which he [Balaam] sat, opposed his zeal, Past. 36, 7; Cot. MS. estfulnes
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛖᛋᛏᚠᚢᛚᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
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