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From-weard

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1 from-weard

adj. From-ward, turned from or away, departing, about to depart; aversus, abĭtūrus, morĭtūrus :-- Ǽlc ðara ðe ðís woruldgesǽlþa hæfþ, he wát ðæt hi [MS. he] him fromwearde beóþ every one who possesses these worldly goods, knows that they will be departing from him, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 24. Ádl fǽgum fromweardum feorh óþ-þringeþ disease will expel life from the fated, about to depart, Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 7; Seef. 71. [Laym. from-fram-ward.] from-weard
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᚩᛗ-ᚹᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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