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Old English Dictionary Entry

Horweht

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1 horweht

adj. Foul, filthy, dirty :-- Hine ðá lǽddon on ðone sweartan fenn and hine ðá on ða horwehtan wæter bewurpon they led him then to the black fen and flung him into the foul water, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 9.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚩᚱᚹᛖᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc