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Old English Dictionary Entry

Lár-spell

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1 lár-spell

n. A discourse, sermon, homily, treatise :-- God cwæþ be láreówum on his lárspelle God said of teachers in his sermon, Homl. Th. ii. 320, 25. Se bisceop ðam folce sǽde lárspell, Homl. Skt. 3, 141. Ic gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella I have composed quite forty homilies, Ælfc. T. Grn. 13, 45. Swá swá wé áwriton ǽror on óðrum lárspellum, 4, 15. Ða apostoli gesetton eác swilce lárspell [the epistles] tó ðám leódscipum ðe tó geleáfan bugon, 14, 3. [Laym. Orm. lar-spell a sermon.] lar-spell
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚪᚱ-ᛋᛈᛖᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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