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Old English Dictionary Entry

Mann-silen

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1 mann-silen

f. The wrongful selling of men into slavery :-- Þurh mannsylena, Wulfst. 164, 1. Mansilena, 130, 1. Leódhatan ðe þurh mansylene bariaþ ðás þeóde, 310, 5. Cf. earme men wǽron út of ðisan earde gesealde swýðe unforworhte fremdum tó gewealde, 158, 13. And see L. Eth.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚪᚾᚾ-ᛋᛁᛚᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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