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Old English Dictionary Entry

Glýman(?)

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1 glýman(?)

to rage:--Glimith ( = glýmith? for the vowel cf. rihum= rýhum, 114, 120) sevit, Txts. 115, 125. [cf. N. E. D. gloom; vb., where is quoted M. H. Ger. (13th cent.) ein glúmender hunt a savage dog. In Ld. Gl. G. 3, 59 is given from another Leiden MS. glimnit sevit. Perhaps here for glimnit might be read grimmit.
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ᚷᛚᚣᛗᚪᚾ(?)

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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