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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hird-ness

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1 hird-ness

f. Guard, keeping, custody :-- Hé betǽhte hig ða þrí dagas tó hirdnysse tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus, Gen. 42, 17. Gif hwá befæst his feoh tó hyrdnysse si quis commendaverit pecuniam in custodiam, Ex. 22, 7. Swá hí on niht hyrdnesse begangaþ sicut custodia in nocte, Ps. Th. 89, 5. On hyrdnyssa in custodias, Lk. Skt. 21, 12. hird-ness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛁᚱᛞ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Lk.
Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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