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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hál-wenda

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1 hál-wenda

m. A saviour :-- Míne eágan habbaþ gesewen ðínne Hálwendan. Se hálwenda ðe hé embe spræc is úre Hǽlend Crist se ðe com tó gehǽlenne úre wunda ðæt sindon úre synna mine eyes have seen thy Saviour [viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum]. The Saviour that he spoke about is Jesus Christ who came to heal our wounds, that is, our sins, Homl. Th. i. 142, 32: 136, 21. [Cf. Hǽlend.] hal-wenda,halwenda
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ᚻᚪᛚ-ᚹᛖᚾᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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