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Old English Dictionary Entry

Geard-steall

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1 geard-steall

m. A stack- or cattle-yard (? cf. garth-stead a stack-yard; a yard in which cattle are kept, D. D.: Icel. garð-staðr a hay-yard); or the site of a fence (?) :-- Ondlang ðæs aldan geardstealles ...; and swá æfter ðám hegestealle, C. D. iii. 391, 8. geard-steall
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛠᚱᛞ-ᛋᛏᛠᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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