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Old English Dictionary Entry

Heng-wíte

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1 heng-wíte

n. A fine to be paid for not keeping a criminal in custody so that he may be brought before the proper tribunal :-- Si quis latronem vel furem, sine clamore et insecutione ejus, cui dampnum factum est, ceperit, et captum ultra duxerit dabit x solid. de henwite [hengwite, French text], L. Will. 1. 4; Th. i. 469, 27. heng-wite
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Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛝ-ᚹᛁᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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