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Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáfod-leahter

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1 heáfod-leahter

m. A capital offence, mortal sin :-- Ǽlc ðara manna ðe mid heáfodleahtre besmiten biþ unusquisque eorum hominum, qui capitalibus criminibus polluti sunt, L. M. I. P. 1; Th. ii. 266, 3. Se ðe ða heáfodleahtras wyrcþ and on ðám geendaþ hé mót forbyrnan on ðam écum fýre he who commits the deadly sins and dies in them shall burn in the everlasting fire, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 17. heafod-leahter
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Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚠᚩᛞ-ᛚᛠᚻᛏᛖᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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