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Old English Dictionary Entry

Mist-hliþ

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1 mist-hliþ

n. A mist-covered hill-side :-- Ðá com of móre under misthleopum Grendel gongan then came from the moor, under the misty slopes, Grendel walking, Beo. Th. 1425; B, 710. Ðis leóhte beorht (the sun) cymeþ morgna gehwam ofer misthleoþu wadan ofer wǽgas, Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 8; Sch. 60. mist-hliþ
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛁᛋᛏ-ᚻᛚᛁᚦ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Beo.
Beowulf
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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