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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hleów-stól

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1 hleów-stól

m. A place of protection, one's native city :-- Síðedon fǽmnan and wuduwan freóndum beslægene from hleówstóle damsels and widows bereft of friends journeyed from their sheltering home [of the people of Sodom driven from their city], Cd. 94; Th. 121, 16; Gen. 2011. hleow-stol
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᛖᚩᚹ-ᛋᛏᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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