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Leód-mægen

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1 leód-mægen

n. The might of a people, its fighting men :-- Ðæt leódmægen, gúþrófe hæleþ, eorlas æscrófe, Elen. Kmbl. 544; El. 272. Lofige hine eall his leódmægen laudate eum omnes virtutes ejus, Ps. Th. 148, 2. Leódmægnes worn a host of warriors, Cd. 151; Th. 190, 7; Exod. 195: Th. 188, 13; Exod. 167. leod-mægen
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚩᛞ-ᛗᚫᚷᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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