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Old English Dictionary Entry

Heort-leás

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1 heort-leás

adj. Without courage or spirit, cowed :-- Ic bidde, man, ꝥ þú gemune hú micel bið se bróga beforan dómsetle Drihtnes þænne, stent hé (ealra hergea mǽst. Wlfst. 137, 22) heortleás and earh, ámasod and ámarod, mihtleás, áfǽred sis memor illius qui tum pavor ante tribunal percutiet stupidis cunctorum corda querelis, Dóm. L. 124. heort-leas
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛇᚱᛏ-ᛚᛖᚪᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Wlfst.
Wulfstan
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