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Old English Dictionary Entry

Feorh-bealo

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1 feorh-bealo

gen. -bealowes, -bealuwes; n. Life-bale, mortal affliction, deadly evil; vītæ mălum, lētāle mălum :-- Gúþdeáþ fornam, feorhbealo frécne, fyra gehwylcne leóda mínra war-death, a cruel life-bale, has taken every man of my people, Beo. Th. 4492; B. 2250. Ic me ðæt feorhbealo feor aswápe I sweep that deadly evil far from me, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 20; Rä. 24, 5: Beo, Th. 314; B. 156. Ðǽr wæs hondsció, feorhbealu fǽgum there was [his] glove, deadly evil to the fated, 4160; B. 2077: 5067; B. 2537. feorh-bealo
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛇᚱᚻ-ᛒᛠᛚᚩ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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