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Old English Dictionary Entry

Mund-heáls

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1 mund-heáls

f. (?) Safety which comes from the protection (mund) afforded by another (?) :-- Ðá se ælmihtiga ácenned wearþ siððan hé Marian mundheáls geceás when Christ was born, after he had chosen a safe retreat in Mary's protecting womb, Exon. 14a ; Th. 28, 14; Cri. 446. mund-heals
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚢᚾᛞ-ᚻᛖᚪᛚᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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