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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hecge

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1 hecge

f. A place provided with a hedge (?), an enclosure ; a fence (?), hedge :-- On Beówanhammes hecgan . . . tó ðǽre rúwan hecgan, C. D. ii. 172, 28, 32. Tó rúgan hegcan; swá andlang hegerǽwe, 137, 14. Ǽrest of þám gáran innan þá blacan hegcean ; of þǽre hegcean innan þone fúlan bróc, C. D. B. ii. 259, 7. Cf. haga and preceding word. hecge
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚳᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Corpus Christi College MS
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