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Lobbe

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1 lobbe

f. A spider :-- Úre gǽr swá swá lobbe oððe rynge beóþ ásmeáde anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur [cf. Ps. Th. 89, 10, anlícast geongewefran ðonne hió geornast biþ ðæt heó áfǽre fleógan on nette], Ps. Lamb. 89, 9. Mistlíce þreála gebyriaþ for synnumt bendas oððe dyntas carcernþýstra lobban various punishments are proper for sins, bonds or blows, prison darkness, spiders, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 26. Cf. (?) Icel. lubbi a shaggy longhaired dog.] lobbe
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚩᛒᛒᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Icelandic
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Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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