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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hand-sliht

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m. A slaying with the hand :-- Ne meahte hé ealdum eorle hondslyht giofan he could not give a deadly blow to the old warrior, Beo. Th. 5937: B. 2972: 5851; B. 2929. and its compounds. hand-sliht
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚪᚾᛞ-ᛋᛚᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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