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Heáfod-bend

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1 heáfod-bend

m. A head-band (N. E. D.). (1) a crown :-- ꝥ UNCERTAIN bið cyninga þeáw and cásera ꝥ hí oft habbað gyldenne heáfodbænd ymb heora heáfod, Nap. 15, 20. (2) a band put round the head as punishment :-- Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte; sé cóm tó þám hálgan and his swára heáfodbend sóna tóbærst swá hé hine gebæd, Hml. S. 21, 423. [O. H. Ger. houbit-bant corona, diadema, strophium, sertum.] heafod-bend
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ᚻᛖᚪᚠᚩᛞ-ᛒᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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