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Old English Dictionary Entry

Leásung-spell

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1 leásung-spell

n. A false or foolish story, a fable :-- Ðá hæfdon monige unwíse menn him tó worde and tó leásungspelle ðæt sió hǽte nǽre for hiora synnum ac sǽdon ðæt hió wǽre for Fetontis forscapunge ex quo quidam, dum non concedunt Deo potentiam, suas inanes ratiunculas conquirentes, ridiculum Phaetontis fabulam texuerunt, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 40, 8. leasung-spell
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚪᛋᚢᛝ-ᛋᛈᛖᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Ors.
Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
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