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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hand-scyldig

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1 hand-scyldig

adj. Liable to the penalty of losing the hand :-- Se ðe gewundaþ man binnan ciricwagum se biþ handscyldig he that wounds a man within church walls shall be liable to lose his hand, L. Eth. vii. 13; Th. i. 332; 9. hand-scyldig
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Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᚾᛞ-ᛋᚳᚣᛚᛞᛁᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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