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Reng-wyrm

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1 reng-wyrm

m. A maw-worm, a worm in the intestines :-- Wið ðæt rængcwyrmas (rengc-, MS. B. ; rýnwyrmas with a gloss lumbrici, MS. H.) dergen ymb nafolan, Lchdm. i. 168, 9. Wið ðæt reng-wyrmas ymb ðone nafolan wexen, 218, 14. [Cf. O. H. Ger. pouh-wurm lumbricus.] reng-wyrm
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Runic Inscription

ᚱᛖᛝ-ᚹᚣᚱᛗ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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