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On-tyge

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1 on-tyge

m. What one takes upon one's self, an undertaking :-- Gif hwylc abbod geþafaþ ðæt maæssepreóst oððe diácon in tó mynstre gange tó ðý ðæt hý messan singan ... hý nán þing gedyrstlǽcen ne nǽnne ontige on ðam mynstre bútan ðære mæssan ánre if any abbot permit a mass-priest or deacon to enter a monastery for the purpose of celebrating mass ... they shall not presume to do anything or take anything upon themselves except only the mass, R. Ben. 140, 3-10.
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ᚩᚾ-ᛏᚣᚷᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Riddles (Exeter Book)
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