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Old English Dictionary Entry

íg-búend

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1 íg-búend

m. A dweller in an island, an islander :-- Hí ígbúend óðre worde Baðan nemnaþ island-dwellers by another name call it Bath, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 12. Ðis ǽrendgewrit Agustinus ofer sealtne sǽ súðan brohte iégbúendum this letter Augustine brought across the salt sea from the south to the islanders, Past. Pref; Swt. 9, 8. [Cf. Icel. ey-búi an islander.] and next word. ig-buend
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚷ-ᛒᚢᛖᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Icel.
Icelandic

Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
Past.
Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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