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Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáh-cyning

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1 heáh-cyning

m. A chief, great king, God :-- Mid heáhcyning with God, Exon. 62 b; Th. 231, 3; Ph. 483. On ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhcyninges on the right hand of the great king [God], Shrn. 118, 9: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 14; Gen. 124. Ðæt wæs hildesetl heáhcyninges that was the war-seat [saddle] of the great king [Hrothgar], Beo. Th. 2083; B. 1039. heah-cyning
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚻ-ᚳᚣᚾᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Shrn.
Shrine (collection of OE texts)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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