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Old English Dictionary Entry

Feorh-loca

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1 feorh-loca

m. Life's inclosure, the breast; ănĭmæ claustrum, pectus :-- Eom ic, in mínum feorhlocan, breóstum, inbryrded to ðam betran hám I am, in my life's inclosure, in my breast, impelled to the better home, Exon. 42 a; Th. 141, 11; Gú. 625. feorh-loca
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛇᚱᚻ-ᛚᚩᚳᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Gú.
Guthlac (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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