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Old English Dictionary Entry

On-wunung

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1 on-wunung

f. I. a habitation, dwelling :-- Gewurðe him wéste eall his onwunung fiat habitatio ejus deserta, Ps. Th. 108, 7. Gewýt fram me, and far ut of mýnre onwununge. Nicod. 27 ; Thw. 15, 11. Ðonne forlǽt se hálga gást ða onwununge, and ðǽr sóna wyrþ deófol inne, Wulfst. 280, 9. II. persistence, perseverance :-- Mid singalre ánrǽdnesse l onwununge assidua (perpetua) instantia, Hpt. Gl. 407, 66. on-wunung
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚩᚾ-ᚹᚢᚾᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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