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Old English Dictionary Entry

Feormung

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1 feormung

f. I. a harbouring, an entertaining; susceptio,, hospĭtium :-- Þurh wreccena feormunge by the harbouring of exiles, L. Alf. Pol. 4; Th. i, 62, 16. II. a cleansing, polishing; purgātio, pŏlītio :-- Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn to feormunge onfó if a sword polisher receive another man's weapon for polishing, L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 9. DER. a-feormung, niht-. feormung
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛇᚱᛗᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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