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Neáh-west. I

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1 neáh-west. I

add :-- Anastasius wæs geþeóded tó Nonnoso, sé wæs práfost on ðám mynstre þe geseted is in þám munte Soracte, and hé him þeódde tó fore þǽre stówe neáwiste (propinquitate loci), Gr. D. 48, 26. Binnan ánes geáres fyrste næs gemét hǽðengild geond hundteóntig míla-neáwiste (for a hundred miles round), Hml. Th. i. 562, 27. II. add :-- Ic wolde þaet hý mínre neáwiste wilnedon and þíne forhogedon, Wlfst. 255, 17. Búton hit sy elles hwylc þe máran Godes ege habbe, þæt hit for his neáweste þe betere beó for Gode and for worolde, 269, 13. neah-west
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛖᚪᚻ-ᚹᛖᛋᛏ. ᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Hml.
Homilies (Ælfric or other)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Wlfst.
Wulfstan
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