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Hálgo-land

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1 Hálgo-land

n. A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland :-- Óhthere sǽde ðæt sió scir hátte Hálgoland ðe hé on búde. Hé cwæþ ðæt nán mann ne búde be norþan him Ohthere said that the district was called Halogaland that he lived in. He said that no one lived north of him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 16. See Aall's translation of the Heimskringla, p. 24, note. halgo-land
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ᚻᚪᛚᚷᚩ-ᛚᚪᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
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