Líf-weg

Old English Dictionary Entry

Líf-weg

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 líf-weg

m. A way which leads to life, way of life, one's path in life :-- Lífweg [the road followed by the Israelites under the guidance of the pillar of cloud],Cd. 147; Th. 184, 9; Exod. 104. Uton nú ealle úre lífwegas geornlíce rihtan let us diligently amend our ways, Wulfst. 75, 22. Líðe lífwegas, Exon. 43 b; Th. 148, 5; Gú. 740. lif-weg

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ᛚᛁᚠ-ᚹᛖᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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