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Old English Dictionary Entry

Lyt-hwón

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1 lyt-hwón

subst. and ad :-- Meng lythwón wið hunig mix a little with honey, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 20. Lythw-on becom cwicera tó cýððe few living reached their country, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 5; Jud. 311: Elen. Kmbl. 284; El. 142. Ðá hé wæs lythwón ðanon ágán progressus pusillum, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 39: Mk. Skt. 14, 35. Hé his eágan lythwón fram ðære eorþan up áhóf, Glostr. Frag. 104, 13. Ðara ðe lythwon réccaþ embe bóca beboda, L. I. P. 6; Th. ii. 310, 34: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 200: Beo. Th. 408; B. 203. Ne lythwón not a little, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 32; Gl. 363. Ðá geswígode heó lythwón parumper reticuit, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 22.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚣᛏ-ᚻᚹᚩᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

L.
Latin

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Beo.
Beowulf
El.
Elene (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Swt.
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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