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Old English Dictionary Entry

Niht-weard

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1 niht-weard

m. A guard who keeps watch at night :-- Heofoncandel (the fiery pillar) barn, níwe nihtweard, Cd. Th. 185, 1 ; Exod. 116. niht-weard
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚾᛁᚻᛏ-ᚹᛠᚱᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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