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Ge-hlencan

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1 ge-hlencan

pp. ed To twist, bend (?) :-- Gif men sió heáfodpanne beó gehlenced, ālege þone man ūpweard, drīf . ii. stacan æt þām eaxlum, lege þonne bred þweóres ofer þā fēt, sleah bonne þriwa on mid slegebytle; hió gǣþ on riht sōna, Lch. ii. 342, 4 : 302, 29. [Cf. M. H. Ger. lenken to turn, bend.] ge-hlencan
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ᚷᛖ-ᚻᛚᛖᚾᚳᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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