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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hell-sceaþa

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1 hell-sceaþa

Add: I. a fiend :-- þ UNCERTAIN hié ús sýn on fultume wið helsceaíum, Bl. H 209, 28. II. hell personified, the grave. Cf. hell; I. I :-- For ðon ná helsceaða andet ðé and ne deáþ herede quia non infernns confitebitur te neque mars laudabit te. Ps. Rdr. 277, 18. hell-sceaða,hell-sceaþa
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛚᛚ-ᛋᚳᛠᚦᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Bl.
Blickling Homilies
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
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