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Irre-weorc

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1 irre-weorc

n. A work undertaken in anger :-- Engla drihten wile uppe heonan sáwla lǽdan and wé seoððan á ðæs yrreweorces hénþo geþoliaþ the Lord of angels will up from hence lead souls, and we ever after shall suffer the humiliation of that angry feat [the harrowing of Hell], Cd. 222; Th. 289, 17; Sat. 399. irre-weorc
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚱᚱᛖ-ᚹᛇᚱᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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