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Old English Dictionary Entry

Frys-land

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1 Frys-land

n. Friesland; Frīsia :-- Be westan Eald-Seaxum is Ælfe múþa ðære eá and Frysland to the west of the Old Saxons is the mouth of the river Elbe and Friesland, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 36. Gewiton him wígend Frysland geseón the warriors departed to see Friesland, Beo. Th. 2277; B. 1126. frys-land
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᚣᛋ-ᛚᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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