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Old English Dictionary Entry

Leód-þeáw

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1 leód-þeáw

m. Custom of a people or country :-- Ðá hé tó mé cwom ðá grétte hé mé sóna and [h]álette his leódþeáwe cum me more rituque salutaret, Nar. 27, 3. Ne wolde ðám leódþeáwnm Loth onfón Lot would not adopt those customs of the country, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 18; Gen. 1938. leod-þeaw
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛚᛖᚩᛞ-ᚦᛖᚪᚹ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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