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FIERSN

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1 FIERSN

f. The heel; calx :-- Ðú scealt fiersna sǽtan thou [the serpent] shall lie in wait for her [Eve's] heels, Cd. 43; Th. 56, 17; Gen. 913. [Ger. ferse, f: M. H. Ger. vërsen, f: O. H. Ger. fërsana, fërsina, fërsna, f: Goth. fairzna, f: Grk. GREEK , f. the heel: Sansk. pārshni, m. f. the heel.] fiersn
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛁᛖᚱᛋᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ger.
German
Goth.
Gothic
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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