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Old English Dictionary Entry

Méd-gilda

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1 méd-gilda

m. One who receives pay, a needy person :-- Wædla l médgylda mendicus, Ps. Lamb. 39, 18. Se hýra oððe se médgylda the hireling or the mercenary, Homl. Th. i. 242, 5. Swá swá médgildan (hireling's) dagas, ii. 454, 27. Nafa ðú ðínne néhstan for weal and for médgildan non fratrem tuum opprimes servitute famulorum, Le
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᛞ-ᚷᛁᛚᛞᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

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