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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hyge-gǽlsa

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1 hyge-gǽlsa

adj. Slow, sluggish :-- Nis hé hinderweard ne hygegǽlsa swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum non tamen est tarda, ut volucres quæ corpore magno incessus pigros per grave pondus habent, Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 3; Ph. 314,
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚣᚷᛖ-ᚷǽᛚᛋᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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