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Old English Dictionary Entry

Ná-hwǽr. I

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1 ná-hwǽr. I

add:-- Hé áxode, 'Hwǽr ǽton gé?' Hí cwǽdon, 'Náhwǽr (nó-, ),' Gr. D. 127, 5. Hié ne dorston þæt land náwér (náwǽrn, -wérn, ) gesécan on þá healfe, Chr. 918; P. 98, 26. Hé of mynstere nolde náwár beón gemét, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 4. I a. fig. : -- Gyf hyt nú fǽrenga gewurde, nyste ic náhwǽr eorðan hú ic ongynnan wolde (I should not know how on earth to set about it), Solil. H. 34, 12. na-hwær
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚾᚪ-ᚻᚹǽᚱ. ᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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