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In-byrdling

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1 in-byrdling

m. A slave born in a master's house :-- Inberdling vel fóstorling verna vel vernaculus, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 34; Wrt. Voc. 50, 17. Inbyrdlingc vernaculus, Wrt. Voc. 72, 82. Sicul inberdli[n]c, sicilisc inhyrdlincg ( = -byrdling) siculus indigena, Hpt. Gl. 499. Mín inbyrdling biþ mín yrfenuma vernaculus meus heres meus erit, Gen. 15, 3. Ǽlc werhádes man on eówrum mǽgðum and inbyrdlingum and geboht þeówa omne masculinum in generationibus vestris, tam vernaculus quam emptitius, 17, 12. Ealle werhádes men his inhírédes ǽgðer ge imbyrdlingas ge gebohte þeówan omnes viri domus illius, tam vernaculi quam emptitii, 27. in-byrdling
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚾ-ᛒᚣᚱᛞᛚᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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