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Hnygela

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1 hnygela

, hnygele, an; m. f. A shred, clipping :-- Hnygela tomentum; seolce hnygele platum [ = placium, Som.] Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 3, 4; Wrt. Voc. 40, 37, 38. Hnyglan putamina, Cot. 152, Lye. [Cf (?) nig the clippings of money: niggling clipping: niggler a clipper, Gross's Slang Dict: see also Halliw. Dict. niggle, niggling.] hnygela
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚾᚣᚷᛖᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cot.
Cottonian Manuscripts
Lye.
Lye's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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