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Hynden-mann

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1 hynden-mann

m. The head man of a hynden :-- Ðæt wé ús gegaderian á emban ǽnne mónaþ gif wé mágon and æmtan habban ða hyndenmenn and ða ðe ða teóþunge bewitan ... and habban ða xii [xi?] menn heora metscype tógædere [resolved:] that we gather to us once every month, if we can and have leisure, the hyndenmen and those who direct the tithings ... and let these eleven [the hyndenman and one from each tithing in the hynden of which he was the head] have their refection together, L. Æðelst.
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ᚻᚣᚾᛞᛖᚾ-ᛗᚪᚾᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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