Irfeweardness

Old English Dictionary Entry

Irfeweardness

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 irfeweardness

Add :-- 'Donne God sylð his leófum slǽp, þæt is Drihtnes yrfwyrdnys (hereditas).' Þonne Godes gecorenan becumað tó deáðe, ðonne gemétað hí yrfwyrdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 526, 29. Tóhopa ðǽre écan ierfeweardnesse (hereditatis), Past. 391, 30. Mid yrfweard-nysse, Ps. L. 36, 34. On yrfwerdnysse in herediiate, Scint. 148, 4. irfeweardness

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ᛁᚱᚠᛖᚹᛠᚱᛞᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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