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Irfe-gewrit

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1 irfe-gewrit

n. Writing concerning an inheritance, a will, testament :-- Ac hit gelamp ðæt Æðelréd cingc gefór ðá ne cýðde mé nán mann nán yrfegewrit ne náne gewitnesse ðæt hit ǽnig óðer wǽre bútan swá wit on gewitnesse ǽr gecwǽdon but it happened that king Ethelred died; then no man made known to me any testament or any witness that it was any other than as we two before with witness agreed, Chart Th. 486, 7. On ðam yrfegewrite in the testament, 32. irfe-gewrit
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ᛁᚱᚠᛖ-ᚷᛖᚹᚱᛁᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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