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Felawyrd-ness

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1 felawyrd-ness

f. Talkativeness :-- Ac hú byð ꝥ gif hit gelimpeð ꝥ se man ꝥ wyrignesse word ne gecwið tó his þám néhstan for hete and níþe, ac hit sceóteð forð þurh his tungan (for his felawyrdnesse and his tungan, ) gýmeleásnesse quid si homo non fortasse ex malitia, sed ex linguae incuria, maledictionis verbum jaculatur in proximum ?, Gr. D. 208, 4. felawyrd-ness
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ᚠᛖᛚᚪᚹᚣᚱᛞ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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