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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hord-geat

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1 hord-geat

n. A door through which a treasure is reached :-- Hwylc ðæs hordgates cǽgan cræfte ða clamme onleác which, by the key's art, unlocked the fastenings of the door to the treasure, Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 28; Rä. 43, 11. hord-geat
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᛞ-ᚷᛠᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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