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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hearm-líc

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1 hearm-líc

adj. Hurtful, injurious, painful, miserable, grievous :-- Hearmlíc him wǽre ðæt hé wurþe ðá éce it would have been hurtful for him to become eternal then, Hexam. 18; Norm. 26, 17. Ðæt wæs hreówlíc and hearmlíc that was sad and grievous, Chr. 1057 ; Erl. 192, 21. [O. Sax. harm-lík.] hearm-lic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛠᚱᛗ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
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