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Folcisc

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adj. Folkish, common, vulgar, popular; rustĭcus, plēbēius :-- Gif man folciscne mæsse-preóst mid tíhtlan belecge if a man charge a secular mass-priest with an accusation, L. Eth. ix. 21; Th. i. 344, 19: L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 16. Folcisce men common men, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 23: 35, 6; Fox 168, 24. Ðæt hí folciscra gemóta geswícan that they abstain from popular meetings, L. Eth. vi. 44; Th. i. 326, 21. folcisc
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚩᛚᚳᛁᛋᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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