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Regn-boga

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1 regn-boga

m. A rainbow :-- Rénboga iris, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 42 : yris vel arcus, 76, 33. Hwí wæs se rénboga tó wedde gesette mancynne? God gesette ðone rénbogan tó wedde tó ðam beháte ðæt hé nǽfre eft nolde eahte middanearde mid nánum flóde oferteón. Se rénboga cymþ of ðam sunbeáme and of wǽtum wolcne, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 19-26. Ic sette mínne rénbogan (arcum) on wolcnum, Gen. 9, 13. [O. H. Ger. regan-bogo : Icel. regn-bogi.] regn-boga
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛖᚷᚾ-ᛒᚩᚷᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Genesis (OE poem)
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Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
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