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Holm-clif

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n. A sea-cliff, cliff by the water-side :-- On, fram ðam holmclife [the holm is the lake where Grendel dwelt], Beo. Th. 2846, 3274; B. 1421, 1635. Se ðe holmclifu healdan scolde he who had to guard the sea-cliffs, 465; B. 230. [O. Sax. holm-klif a hill.] holm-clif
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᛚᛗ-ᚳᛚᛁᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Beo.
Beowulf
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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