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Glæd

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1 glæd

n. Gladness, joy :-- Swá missenlíce meahtig dryhten eallum dǽleþ sumum earfeþa dǽl sumum geógaþe glæd thus diversely does the mighty Lord allot to all, to one a share of troubles, to one the gladness of youth, Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 14; Vy. 68. Perhaps here the form given by Lye ǽr sun gó to glade, Icel. gleði; f: Dan. glæde gladness, merriment: and A. R. gledful.] glæd
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛚᚫᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Exon.
Exeter Book
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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