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Old English Dictionary Entry

Feorh-cwalu

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1 feorh-cwalu

f. Life-slaughter, death; vītæ cædes, mors :-- Æfter feorhcwale after death, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 27; Wal. 77. He sóhte hú he sárlícast, þurh ða wyrrestan wítu, meahte feorhcwale findan he sought how he could invent a death most painfully, through the worst torments, 74 a; Th. 276, 28; Jul. 573. feorh-cwalu
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛇᚱᚻ-ᚳᚹᚪᛚᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Jul.
Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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