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Heofon-waru

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1 heofon-waru

f. The inhabitants of heaven :-- Hé dyde ðæt eal heofonwaru wundrode he caused all the inhabitants of heaven to wonder, Homl. Th. i. 442, 35: Hy. 7, 95; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 95. Ealle heofonwara and eorþwara on his andwerdnysse beóþ onstyred all those in heaven and on earth shall be moved in his presence, Chart. Th. 390, 10: Homl. Th. ii. 360, 32. Bearn heofonwara children of heaven-dwellers, Salm. Kmbl. 930; Sal. 464. Ætforan heofonwarum and eorþwarum and helwarum before the inhabitants of heaven and of earth and of hell, Homl. Th. ii. 604, 5. Cristes ácennednys gegladode heofenwara and eorþwara and helwara, i. 36, 25. heofon-waru
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛇᚠᚩᚾ-ᚹᚪᚱᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Sal.
Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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