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Old English Dictionary Entry

Flocc-mǽlum

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1 flocc-mǽlum

adv. [mǽlum, dat. pl. of mǽl, es; n. a measure, q. By flocks, flockwise, in companies; grĕgātim, cătervātim :-- Fleóþ him floccmǽlum they fly by flocks, Homl. Th. i. 142, 9: Num. 2. 34. Hí hý flocmǽlum slógon they slew them in companies, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 6. Hí ferdon ǽghweder flocmǽlum they went everywhere in flocks, Chr. 1011; Erl. 145, 25. flocc-mælum
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᛚᚩᚳᚳ-ᛗǽᛚᚢᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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