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Old English Dictionary Entry

Freá-wine

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1 freá-wine

m. A dear or beloved lord; dŏmĭnus cārus :-- Syððan freáwine folca swealt when the beloved lord of people perished, Beo. Th. 4703; B. 2357: 4849; B. 2429. He of hornbogan his freáwine fláne geswencte he laid low his dear lord with an arrow from his horned bow, 4867; B. 2438. Cf. Grm. D. M. 82, 192. frea-wine
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᛖᚪ-ᚹᛁᚾᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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