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Heáfod-hebba

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1 heáfod-hebba

m. I. of a person, an author, originator. Cf. heáfod; VIII :-- Ðá bisceopas swíðost ǽlces gedweldes tiledon, and ǽlc gedwyld hí upp árǽrdon. Twégen ðǽr wǽron bisceophádes men þe ǽlces yfeles heáfodhebban wǽron, Hml. S. 23, 365. II. of a thing, a beginning :-- Ǽrest wé wyllað fón on Ianuarium, for þon hé is heáfodhebba and eác þás geáres geendung, Angl. viii. 305, 29. [Cf. O. H. Ger. ur-hap causa, fermentum: Ger. ur-heber originator.] heafod-hebba
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚠᚩᛞ-ᚻᛖᛒᛒᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
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Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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