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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hellewíte-bróga

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1 hellewíte-bróga

terror of hell :-- Þæt man ús foresegð embe hellewíte-brógan (or ? helle wíte-brógan. But cf. be fyrhto þæs tintreglican wítes hé leóþ geworhte de horrore poenae gehennalis carmina faciebat, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 487, 15), Wlfst. 151, 24. hellewite-broga
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛚᛚᛖᚹᛁᛏᛖ-ᛒᚱᚩᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Wlfst.
Wulfstan
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