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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hecg, hegg

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1 hecg, hegg

; f. A hedge, fence :-- In ðá hegce wið westan ðá cotu ; ondlonges hegce, C. D. iii. 52, 25. Ǽt ðǽre lange hegge ænde, 385, 7. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and þár æfter mid wealle, Chr. 547 ; P. 16, 20. [O. H. Ger. hecka, hegga : Ger. necke.] Cf. hæg, hege, and next word. hecg,hegg
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚳᚷ, ᚻᛖᚷᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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C.
Corpus Christi College MS
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
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