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Old English Dictionary Entry

Gafel

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n. Tax, tribute; vectīgal, trĭbūtum :-- Ðæt he mǽge cyninges gafel forþbringan that he can bring forth the king's tribute, L. Wg. 7; Th. i. 186, 14, note 17. Hí Godes gafel lǽston they rendered God's tribute, L. Eth. ix. 43; Th. i. 350, 8. Gafeles andfengend numĕrārius, numŭlārius, vectīgālis, receptor, Cot. 142.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚪᚠᛖᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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L.
Latin

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Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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