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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hord-fæt

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1 hord-fæt

n. A vessel for holding treasure :-- Se Hálga Gást wunode on ðam æþelan innoþe and on ðam gecorenan hordfæte [of the Virgin Mary], Blickl. Homl. 105, 15: Hy. 11, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 294, 18. Hí geopenodon heora hordfatu [cf. Mt. 2, 11 apertis thesauris suis] and him lac geoffrodon. Homl. Th. i. 78, 27: 116, 3. On heora hordfatum behíddon absconderunt inter vasa sua, Jos. 7, 11. hord-fæt
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᛞ-ᚠᚫᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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