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Ge-wunelíc

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1 ge-wunelíc

adj. Accustomed, wonted, usual, ordinary; consuetus :-- Þam folce wæs gewunelíc ðæt ... it was usual with the people to..., Jud. 7, 8. Ðæm eádberhte wæs gewunelíc ðæt he wunode on dýgolre stówe that Eadberht was in the habit of dwelling in a secret place, Shrn. 82, 9: 88, 1. Eall ðæt wæs gewunelíc on ðisan lande all that was usual in this land, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 13: Blickl. Homl. 85, 29. Gewunelícre mildheortnyssa solita clementia, Hymn. Surt. 11, 25. On úre wísan us to spræcþ swá ðæt we þurh ða gewunelícan sprǽce ða þing oncnáwan ðe us uncúþe wǽron speaks to us in our manner so that through the speech to which we are accustomed we may understand those things that were unknown to us, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 2. [O. H. Ger. gewonelich consuetus: Ger. ge-wöhnlich.] ge-wunelic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚹᚢᚾᛖᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
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