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Old English Dictionary Entry

Rand-gebeorh

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1 rand-gebeorh

a protection such as that afforded by a shield :-- Se ágend up árǽrde reáde streámas in randgebeorh the Lord hath raised the Red Sea's waters as a protecting shield (cf. the waters were a wall unto them, Ex. 14, 29), Cd. Th. 196, 24; Exod. 296. rand-gebeorh
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚱᚪᚾᛞ-ᚷᛖᛒᛇᚱᚻ

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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