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Old English Dictionary Entry

Neowol-ness

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1 neowol-ness

Add: I. of a deep place on earen :-- Ofer þá stówe ufon wæs hangiende unmǽte stánclif, and eác beneoðan swíþe deóp neowelnys (niwolnys, niolnes, ) ginode in loco ingens desuper rupes eminet, et profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18. Under þám ylcan eáhþyrle geonode mycclu neolnes (niwelnes, ), 159, 25. II. of the lower regions :-- Seó grániende neowelnys and seó forglendrede hell, Wlfst. 187, l. Þá átuge míne sáwle of neolnessum (ab inferis), Ps. Th. 29, 2. neowol-ness,neowolness
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛇᚹᚩᛚ-ᚾᛖᛋᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Gr.
Ælfric's Grammar
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Wlfst.
Wulfstan
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