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Old English Dictionary Entry

Hyrn-stán

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1 hyrn-stán

m. A. corner-stone :-- Hé is se hyrnstán ðe gefégþ ða twegen weallas tógædere he is the corner-stone that joins together the twowalls, Homl. Th. i. 106, 12, 23. [Orm. he wass himm sellf þatt hirnestan þatt band ta tweȝȝenn waȝhess.] hyrn-stan
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚻᚣᚱᚾ-ᛋᛏᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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