Leód-burh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Leód-burh

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 leód-burh

f. A people's town, a town of a country, town occupied by a people :-- Of ðysse leódbyrig [Sodom], Cd. 116; Th. 150, 33; Gen. 2501. Hé eaferum lǽfde lond and leódbyrig he to his children left his land and its towns, Beo. Th. 4933; Th. 2471. leod-burh

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚩᛞ-ᛒᚢᚱᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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