Medu-burh

Old English Dictionary Entry

Medu-burh

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 medu-burh

f. A city in which mead is drunk, one in which mead-drinking warriors live :-- On ðære medobyrig, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 2; Jud. 167. On meoduburgum, Exon. 123 a; Th. 473, 18; Bo. 16. medu-burh

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᛞᚢ-ᛒᚢᚱᚻ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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