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Old English Dictionary Entry

Oferbæc-getéung

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1 oferbæc-getéung

f. Contraction of the muscles at the back of the neck, tetanus (cf. Lchdm. iii. 110, 16 sqq. :-- Ðisne lǽcecræft man sceal dón mannum ðe hyra swyran mid ðám sinum fortogen beóþ, ðæt hé hys nǽn geweald náh, ðæt Gréccas hátaþ tetanicus) :-- Oferbæcgetéung titanus, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 22. oferbæc-geteung
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠᛖᚱᛒᚫᚳ-ᚷᛖᛏᛖᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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