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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hlytm

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a parting or deciding by lot, an arranging of shares :-- Næs ðá on hlytme hwá ðæt hord strude the part of each in despoiling the hoard was not carefully allotted [each took what he could], Beo. Th. 6243; B. 3126. hlytm
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛚᚣᛏᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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