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Hengen-wítnung

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1 hengen-wítnung

f. The punishment of imprisonment :-- Gif forworht man friþstól geséce and þurh ðæt feorh geyrne ðonne sý þreóra án for his feore búte man bet geárian wille wergild éce þeówet hengenwítnung if a man who has forfeited his life gain a sanctuary, and thereby secure his life, let there be one of three things instead of his life, unless he obtain remission more favourably, wergild, perpetual thraldom, imprisonment, L. Eth. vii. 16; Th. i. 332, 18.] hengen-witnung
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ᚻᛖᛝᛖᚾ-ᚹᛁᛏᚾᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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