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Old English Dictionary Entry

Riht-hámsócn

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1 riht-hámsócn

housebreaking which is such in the eye of the law, housebreaking which has been actually committed (not merely attempted) :-- Inuasio domus vel curie, quod dicitur rihthámsócne (cf. infectam inuasionem, quod Angli dicunt unworhtre hámsócne, 615, 16), Ll. Lbmn. 614, 3. riht-hamsocn
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Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᚱᛁᚻᛏ-ᚻᚪᛗᛋᚩᚳᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Ll.
Laws of the Anglo-Saxons
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