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Old English Dictionary Entry

Munuc-reáf

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1 munuc-reáf

n. Monk's or nun's dress, monastic habit:-- Basilius on munucreáfe (in monachico habitu) fleónde gesóhte Ualeriam þá mǽgðe, Gr. D. 27, 17. Eála swustor . . . álege þíne woruldlican gegyrlan, and gegyre þé mid munucreáfe, Hml. S. 33. 82. Þám preóste is ungedafenlic ꝥ hé munucreáf (uestem monachicam) werige, Chrd. 63, 32.
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛗᚢᚾᚢᚳ-ᚱᛖᚪᚠ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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