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HOPA

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1 HOPA

m. HOPE :-- Geleáffullum mannum mæg beón micel hopa tó ðam menniscum Gode Criste believing men may have great hope on the human God, Christ, Homl. Th. i. 350, 24. Ne bepǽce Ezechias eów mid leásum hopan let not Hezekiah deceive you with false hope, 568, 8. [Laym. Orm. A. R. hope: Du. hoop: Dan. haab: M. H. Ger. hoffe.] DER. tó-hopa. hopa
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᛈᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
R.
Riddles (Exeter Book)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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