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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hwón-líc

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1 hwón-líc

adj. Little, slight, small :-- Gif wé eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ hwónlíc biþ ðæt wé eówere flǽslícan þing rípon if we sow the spiritual seeds for you, it is a slight matter that we reap your fleshly goods, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 26, Ic wearþ belocen on ánre lytlan byrig mid hwónlícum fultume I was shut up in a little town with an inconsiderable force, Homl. Swt. 7, 347. hwon-lic
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚹᚩᚾ-ᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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