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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hefe

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m. Weight :-- Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26. Swilcehé búton hefe wǽre as if he were without weight, ii. 164, 35. On gemete and on hefe and on getale in mensura et pondere et numero, 586, 32. Hé micelne hefe gefrét æt hys heortan he feels a great weight at his heart, Lchdm. iii. 126, 10. Áwend hefas leahtra evente moles criminum, Hymn. Surt. 23, 7. hefe
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ᚻᛖᚠᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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