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Old English Dictionary Entry

Freá-wrásen

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1 freá-wrásen

f. A noble or royal chain, a diadem; nōbĭlis torquis, diadēma = GREEK :-- Se hwíta helm hafelan werede, since geweorþad, befongen freáwrásnum the bright helmet guarded his head, ornamented with treasure, encircled with noble chains, Beo. Th. 2906; B. 1451. frea-wrasen
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᛖᚪ-ᚹᚱᚪᛋᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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