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Hweall, hwall

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adj. Wanton :-- Huuæl procax, Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 70. Hwal ymbclypte (quem nefandis ulnarum gremiis) procax obuncabat, 81, 11. Hwalle procaci (voce; the laughter of Ham), 96, 55. [O. H. Ger. hwell procax; hwellí procacia.] hwall,hweall
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ᚻᚹᛠᛚᛚ, ᚻᚹᚪᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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