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Old English Dictionary Entry

In-cofa

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1 in-cofa

m. An inner chamber, [metaph.] the breast, heart :-- On his incofan l on his clyfan in cubili suo, Ps. Lamb. 35, 5. On díglum l on incofan l on eówrum clyfum in cubilibus vestris, 4, 5. Eal ðæt hé hæfde on his incofan all that he had in his breast, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 35; Met. 22, 18.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚾ-ᚳᚩᚠᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bt.
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Fox
Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Met.
Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
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