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Old English Dictionary Entry

Heáfod-botl

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1 heáfod-botl

n. A chief dwelling, principal mansion :-- Dǽlon hí ðæt heáfodbotl him betweónan let them share the chief dwelling between them, Chart. Th. 529, 33: 542, 10: 597, 6. [Icel. höfuð-ból a manor, domain.] heafod-botl
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Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᚪᚠᚩᛞ-ᛒᚩᛏᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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